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| Jun 8, 2020 at 17:19 | vote | accept | Derek | ||
| Jun 3, 2020 at 18:00 | comment | added | Derek | @alephzero - I think my cultivar is Clematis Perle d' Azur, which is a group 3 clematis. The last couple of years, I have cut it back to nearly the ground in the early winter, and it comes back just fine in the spring and flowers like in my photos above. Does that alter your advice at all? | |
| May 31, 2020 at 10:44 | comment | added | Bamboo | You could loosely wrap the post of the mailbox with plastic clematis mesh which is easy to wrap around and fix with ties, cut to the right length (comes in green, white or brown usually). That would give the clematis something to climb up to get a bit higher. Note that if yours flowers now, it should flower again in about 6-8 weeks with smaller flowers - pruning is minimal , just to keep it tidy, some info on that here gardenersworld.com/plants/group-2-clematis-to-grow | |
| May 31, 2020 at 2:13 | comment | added | Derek | This is climbing on a mailbox, so height is definitely limited. I would imagine the prior homeowner planted it there to add a touch of color to the front yard. As far as flowers are concerned, they are all on new growth. I cut the plant back to just above ground last fall, so everything you see in the picture (flowers, leaves and all) is from the last 2 or so months. Does that mean it's a different grouping of clematis than you originally thought? On second though, I suppose "previous year's growth" could also include the bit of stems I left in the ground. | |
| May 31, 2020 at 0:53 | history | edited | alephzero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 31, 2020 at 0:44 | history | answered | alephzero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |