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Post by hoofhearted on May 1, 2007 20:23:06 GMT
any ideas on how i can retrieve a once mauve (ish) clemitis montana to stop having white flowers?!
its growing well and flowering amazingly but i can't understand how in 3 years its gone from mauve/lilac flowers to white...
feeding i guess but what do i feed it with?
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Post by Janglers on May 1, 2007 20:39:39 GMT
Can't say I have heard of this before. There are about 4-5 montanas, do you know which one it is? The only thing I can think of is that when it was young, it was in the shade and now that it has grown bigger, it is in the sun. The sun can cause clematis' colour to fade.
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Post by fannybegood on May 1, 2007 21:28:19 GMT
Well there's no point in me buying the pretty blue one in the garden centre if it fades in the sun, is there??
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Post by Suzy R Sopham on May 2, 2007 7:02:30 GMT
I know that with some plants (can't remember the name just at this moment) you can keep the blue colour by burying rusty nails around the base. It works with one of mine but not a clematis!
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Post by revmichael on May 2, 2007 7:05:25 GMT
Well there's no point in me buying the pretty blue one in the garden centre if it fades in the sun, is there?? Unless you plant it in the shade as you have to do with Nellie Moser, if you want to see the carmine bar in the centre.
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Post by revmichael on May 2, 2007 7:06:44 GMT
For most variegated plants you need to cut out the leaves that have grown though into their original green. I don't know whether you can do that with a montana. I'm sure Mr Google will tell you something.
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Post by Janglers on May 2, 2007 7:57:50 GMT
I know that with some plants (can't remember the name just at this moment) you can keep the blue colour by burying rusty nails around the base. It works with one of mine but not a clematis! Hydrangea?
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Post by Suzy R Sopham on May 2, 2007 8:21:04 GMT
I know that with some plants (can't remember the name just at this moment) you can keep the blue colour by burying rusty nails around the base. It works with one of mine but not a clematis! Hydrangea? That's the fella!
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Post by revmichael on May 2, 2007 8:37:22 GMT
I know that with some plants (can't remember the name just at this moment) you can keep the blue colour by burying rusty nails around the base. It works with one of mine but not a clematis! Hydrangea? Yes, and you can also buy some chemical in garden centres that does the same thing - if you can't lay your hands on rushy nails (it can be painful to do that). Sorry this is supposed to be serious isn't it. Please don't ban me Fi.
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Post by Fi on May 2, 2007 12:54:39 GMT
I wouldn't give you the pleasure Michael *grins*.
But just to reassure you, 'serious' is one option - other states of mind are available.
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Post by revmichael on May 2, 2007 13:18:48 GMT
I wouldn't give you the pleasure Michael *grins*.
But just to reassure you, 'serious' is one option - other states of mind are available. Thank you, dear Fi, for not sugjecting me to a good spanking.
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Post by ivy noidea on May 2, 2007 20:17:08 GMT
I wouldn't give you the pleasure Michael *grins*.
But just to reassure you, 'serious' is one option - other states of mind are available. Thank you, dear Fi, for not sugjecting me to a good spanking.
I think the reverend gentleman sounds mildly disappointed about that.
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Post by revmichael on May 2, 2007 20:52:51 GMT
Thank you, dear Fi, for not sugjecting me to a good spanking.
I think the reverend gentleman sounds mildly disappointed about that.
Yes, and I was disappointed when one of my trees fell down and my montana with it - and C. clematis tanguita, bill mackenzie too.
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Post by Essex Girl on May 4, 2007 17:09:10 GMT
I have a pale pink Clematis Montana growing through a white Lilac, but the Clematis seems to be swamping the Lilac.
18 months ago I cut both back rather heavily, and suffered through lack of blooms last year, the Clematis has bounced back with vigour this spring. The Lilac seems to be struggling a bit.
Has anyone got any ideas what I should do next?
I'm reluctant to hack into the Clematis too much as the blooms this year are amazing, but I'd love to have the Lilac back as well.
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Post by carlott on May 4, 2007 19:24:05 GMT
I have a pale pink Clematis Montana growing through a white Lilac, but the Clematis seems to be swamping the Lilac. 18 months ago I cut both back rather heavily, and suffered through lack of blooms last year, the Clematis has bounced back with vigour this spring. The Lilac seems to be struggling a bit. Has anyone got any ideas what I should do next? I'm reluctant to hack into the Clematis too much as the blooms this year are amazing, but I'd love to have the Lilac back as well. I have had instances where Lilac go 'off the boil' for a year but then come back with a vengeance so be patience would be my advice.
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Post by revmichael on May 5, 2007 15:13:39 GMT
I have a pale pink Clematis Montana growing through a white Lilac, but the Clematis seems to be swamping the Lilac. 18 months ago I cut both back rather heavily, and suffered through lack of blooms last year, the Clematis has bounced back with vigour this spring. The Lilac seems to be struggling a bit. Has anyone got any ideas what I should do next? I'm reluctant to hack into the Clematis too much as the blooms this year are amazing, but I'd love to have the Lilac back as well. I seem to remember that there's an art to pruning lilac. I believe you have to just cut out the bloom but leave the base of it to produce flowers next year. I have a white and a pink lilac in the front garden. They are on the side that borders on to the road so you get the best view from there. My trouble is that I only prune them every three or four years when they get too high. This is not by design, but through laziness. They seem to bloom every year, but of course, the white ones are brilliant at first but when they fade they go a nasty brown colour.
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