There is a fungus that causes clematis wilt, it has been identified as Phoma clematidina. What this video should have said is that what some believe is wilt is actually from slugs and snails but Clematis Wilt is not a myth. The disease angle has been examined and there is now clear evidence that a known fungi can infect clematis and cause the observed symptoms. That fungi can be extracted from wilted plants and used to infect other plants.
I will give you another one that might or might not surprise you there is no such thing technically as a climbing rose. I think most English gardeners know this but over the pond it seems less so.
My PF Young clematis is 3 years old. I mistakenly put it on a 4 foot trellis and want to put on a 12-10 foot. I’m not sure the best time and way to remove it from the old trellis. Can you advise please?
The best approach is to cut the vine back in early spring and carefully remove the stems from the old trellis. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to keep the entire vine intact, you can place the new trellis over the old one and train the vine to grow up the new structure.
I have had clematis for years, but the question for me is what kind do I have. There are bell shaped purple blue vigorous bloomers, and two purple large flowering bloomers which I never cut back but the plants are spindly and don't produce many flowers. There are not many vines from the ground coming up to the trellis. These I have never cut back because the step seem woody. The bell shaped I cut back to the ground in the Spring and they bloom for weeks so this year I will try cutting them back after that first bloom. The last one I have is a Josephine and it only has ever had two vines up from the root and blooms very little. What do I do with this one to get it be lush and throw out more blooms? One I have may be a Jackmini I think and that has the same leggy appearance, how and when should this one be pruned? Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
They all surprised me as i just planted mine and left it alone. It blooms beautifully year after year. Most people i know are not garden people. They plant and that’s it. There clematis look great year after year. So i took a cue from them.
I would say the thing that surprised me the most was pruning it. I do cut them back in the fall within a couple inches of the ground. And I let the old vine dry on the trellis. Once it dries I pull it off But i've never pruned mine during spring through fall. All 4 of mine go crazy in the spring giving so many blooms. And I just figured when they quit putting new buds and blooming, that the next step in the cycle was just being green and letting its roots grow deeper.
I used to have an abundance of blooms, every spring and summer with mine and now not a single bloom I have three of them, in pots by the front door and I don't know what happened-I don't know when I'm supposed to prune them I will try to find the type I might have kept their little card info...
I have hostas planted by my clematis because I figured they would shade the clematis roots well and have shallow roots themselves. But now I'm wondering if the hostas are taking the nutrients away from my clematis because I don't get many blooms despite the sun they get. Or possibly slugs hurt them, but I haven't seen slugs eating the hosts, so idk. What is your opinion?
There could be a lack of nutrients available to the clematis. If slugs were present, you would notice multiple dead stems. I would suggest moving the hostas if they have grown too large or supplement with an organic granular fertilizer around the base.
There IS such thing as Clematis Wilt. I just had to cut down my entire Pilu and I don’t have slugs and I don’t water the plants. I water under the the leaves directly to the roots - I also have a moisture meter I use to make sure I water correctly…. 😢
I brought one two years ago English white double flower went back to the shop where I brought it they couldn't even tell me why it wasn't flowering my grandson said they sold me something else it only grew like a tree
I have a spindly, at least 6 year old clematis vine that has only bloomed twice, once the first year and then, to my surprise, this year. How do I make it happy?
@@karengreene4476 Do you know the name of your clematis, what type it is? That will determine when to prune. Is it a Montana, in which case it probably wont need pruning except to keep it from growing and taking over. they are the most vigorous of all of them.Are you in the UK? If so, there's a really good site called Thorncroft clematis that has information on all of them and the most fantastic supply of clematis. They need their roots in the shade and their tops in the sun preferably.
In my garden slug bait is anything I want to keep… lupins, delphiniums, tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on a fantastic slug bait 😂 Seriously though, I just remove them by hand. I have collected about 600 during the last two evenings and about 3000 this year so far. It’s been so wet, there is slug invasion.
It comes in a box. It's pellets that you sprinkle around the plant. You can also use a small dish of beer near the plant to attract the slugs and they drown b
When planting a one gallon pot, use twine or bamboo stakes to help it vine. Twine is cheaper to put on a trellis frame. I used 1x2x8’ wood and used lattice planks to create a frame then used bamboo stakes to create areas for it to vine
This is a very nice explanation. So many awesome bits of info. It took me a long time to understand clematis.
Glad it was helpful!
Love you Amy & Thanks For All You Share. May God bless you in all your endeavors....
This is my first year growing clematis and it just recently bloomed. Thanks for the reminder in checking before pruning. I need to look it up again 😅😊
Happy gardening! 🌸
Thank you for this video! Lots of good information!
What surprised me the most was learning there is no such thing as Clematis Wilt. Now I will try treating for slugs.
There is a fungus that causes clematis wilt, it has been identified as Phoma clematidina. What this video should have said is that what some believe is wilt is actually from slugs and snails but Clematis Wilt is not a myth. The disease angle has been examined and there is now clear evidence that a known fungi can infect clematis and cause the observed symptoms. That fungi can be extracted from wilted plants and used to infect other plants.
Thank you! Great info
No Clematis wilt and not needing to have their roots in shade, both of those surprised me the most 🤩
I will give you another one that might or might not surprise you there is no such thing technically as a climbing rose. I think most English gardeners know this but over the pond it seems less so.
My PF Young clematis is 3 years old. I mistakenly put it on a 4 foot trellis and want to put on a 12-10 foot. I’m not sure the best time and way to remove it from the old trellis. Can you advise please?
The best approach is to cut the vine back in early spring and carefully remove the stems from the old trellis. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to keep the entire vine intact, you can place the new trellis over the old one and train the vine to grow up the new structure.
Excellent video! Blessings from the Great Pacific Northwest, Lakewood, Washington 8b! 💛🖤💛 Stacy
I have had clematis for years, but the question for me is what kind do I have. There are bell shaped purple blue vigorous bloomers, and two purple large flowering bloomers which I never cut back but the plants are spindly and don't produce many flowers. There are not many vines from the ground coming up to the trellis. These I have never cut back because the step seem woody. The bell shaped I cut back to the ground in the Spring and they bloom for weeks so this year I will try cutting them back after that first bloom. The last one I have is a Josephine and it only has ever had two vines up from the root and blooms very little. What do I do with this one to get it be lush and throw out more blooms? One I have may be a Jackmini I think and that has the same leggy appearance, how and when should this one be pruned? Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I love my clematis, so found this video useful 😊
I planted succulent plants, stonecrop mostly, at their base, the clematis seemed happy, the first batch I didn’t do that and i lost them.
They all surprised me as i just planted mine and left it alone. It blooms beautifully year after year. Most people i know are not garden people. They plant and that’s it. There clematis look great year after year. So i took a cue from them.
I would say the thing that surprised me the most was pruning it.
I do cut them back in the fall within a couple inches of the ground. And I let the old vine dry on the trellis.
Once it dries I pull it off
But i've never pruned mine during spring through fall. All 4 of mine go crazy in the spring giving so many blooms. And I just figured when they quit putting new buds and blooming, that the next step in the cycle was just being green and letting its roots grow deeper.
There are different types of clematis and different ways to prune them.
Also garlic water for lily beetle and hostas😊
I used to have an abundance of blooms, every spring and summer with mine and now not a single bloom I have three of them, in pots by the front door and I don't know what happened-I don't know when I'm supposed to prune them I will try to find the type I might have kept their little card info...
I have hostas planted by my clematis because I figured they would shade the clematis roots well and have shallow roots themselves. But now I'm wondering if the hostas are taking the nutrients away from my clematis because I don't get many blooms despite the sun they get. Or possibly slugs hurt them, but I haven't seen slugs eating the hosts, so idk. What is your opinion?
There could be a lack of nutrients available to the clematis. If slugs were present, you would notice multiple dead stems. I would suggest moving the hostas if they have grown too large or supplement with an organic granular fertilizer around the base.
Wow! I have been doing it wrong. I was cutting down the entire vine. All I have to do is prune.
There IS such thing as Clematis Wilt. I just had to cut down my entire Pilu and I don’t have slugs and I don’t water the plants. I water under the the leaves directly to the roots - I also have a moisture meter I use to make sure I water correctly…. 😢
Just planted mine, but it’s super wilty second days later. The leaves are turning brown. Is this normal?
Give it more water. What’s your daily high temperature? Give it temporary shade until it recovers from the shock of planting.
@@krisbaker9427 daily high right now is 20deg Celsius.
Slugs on Clematis?!? Who knew?!? I never heard of that.
What about wind?
They can tolerate some wind but heavy winds my damage the vine or tear down a trellis completely.
I brought one two years ago English white double flower went back to the shop where I brought it they couldn't even tell me why it wasn't flowering my grandson said they sold me something else it only grew like a tree
Wisteria is another vine that often grows like a woody tree. Could this be a possibility?
About the slugs, bothering the clematis.
Use eggshells they hate that
Soray weekly with garlic water. Slugs hate it
Don't let your dog pee on it
I have a spindly, at least 6 year old clematis vine that has only bloomed twice, once the first year and then, to my surprise, this year. How do I make it happy?
Do you prune the vine early in the spring or late in the fall?
I confess, I've never pruned it. I just learned about that from your video.
@@karengreene4476 Do you know the name of your clematis, what type it is? That will determine when to prune. Is it a Montana, in which case it probably wont need pruning except to keep it from growing and taking over. they are the most vigorous of all of them.Are you in the UK? If so, there's a really good site called Thorncroft clematis that has information on all of them and the most fantastic supply of clematis. They need their roots in the shade and their tops in the sun preferably.
What is slug bait. I’m so tired of picking them up
In my garden slug bait is anything I want to keep… lupins, delphiniums, tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on a fantastic slug bait 😂 Seriously though, I just remove them by hand. I have collected about 600 during the last two evenings and about 3000 this year so far. It’s been so wet, there is slug invasion.
It comes in a box. It's pellets that you sprinkle around the plant. You can also use a small dish of beer near the plant to attract the slugs and they drown b
I agree. I put a saucer full of beer in my garden and that really attracts them. Goodby slugs.
When planting a one gallon pot, use twine or bamboo stakes to help it vine. Twine is cheaper to put on a trellis frame. I used 1x2x8’ wood and used lattice planks to create a frame then used bamboo stakes to create areas for it to vine