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Clematis help and Advice
stuart and Cody
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hi guys I hope your able to help me, recently Planted 2 clematis, they both had purple leaves to start one of them went green and grew brilliantly for approx 2 weeks 2 pics attached The other is still purple. The one that went green now seems to be drying out, going brown but I can't figure out what's wrong. The first 2 pics are the plants to show the green and purple the rest are the drying brownish leaves any advice would be much appreciated..
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They're dry. Clematis need a lot of water, and it's been very dry recently. Keep them well watered and a mulch afterwards will help retain it.
Darker foliage can also be caused by a bit of cold weather, although montanas sometimes have plummy foliage, and that's what the pink flowered one is.
They've been planted a bit close to the wall - that won't help with moisture retention.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...