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Gordon Fraser2
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Good afternoon,
i wish to plant Clematis fujimusume along a 7ft x 6ft fence. I was going to buy 3 x 3ltre pots of the ready grown plant. Do you think 3 will be enough.
i have chosen this for its beautiful large flowers and because the fence is north facing, it is semi shady.
kind regards
yvonne
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One will be enough as it gets up to 3m when mature. - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=176
Dunk the pot in a bucket of water to soak the roots then plant it several inches deeper than it was in the pot - promotes extra shoots and helps combat clematis wilt - and make sure you backfill the hole with plenty of well-rotted garden compost or manure. Water well and then mulch with more compost or else chipped bark to retain moisture and keep weeds down as they compete for water and nutrients.
Train the shoots as horizontally and diagonally as possible - trellis or else tensioned wires across the fence - and keep it watered for its first season. Remove the first May/June flush of flower heads as they go over so that it concentrates energy on a second flush of flowers later in summer. That's all the pruning it needs except to remove dead or broken stems each spring when new growth starts.
Feed it generously every spring with specialist slow release clematis food.
Dear Obelixx,
will one plant be enough enough to spread across the seven foot width of the fence as well as the the height?
kind regards
yvonne
3m = 10' !
In my experience clematis take a year or two to get their feet well down and grow a strong root system. Once that happens they produce more and more stems - especially the group 3s so you may want to investigate those before buying your Fujiwotsits. Plenty for north facing situations and many will flower for far longer ad be easier to prune too. You just cut them back to about 9" every March and feed then train in the new stems.
I suggest you consider these - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=3738
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=562 - smaller flowers but pretty and perfumed
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=30 pretty pink bells
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=88 - one of my favourites and already producing flower buds in this warm weather
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=632 nearer your original colour and 4 months of flower
If you can't find these locally, try online at Hawthorne, Taylors and Thorncroft who all have good lists and sell good plants.