Clematis performance 2015 ?

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  1. HarryS

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    Just moved post - put it in wrong section again :redface:
    I just wondered how everyone's clematis are performing so far in this chilly year ? I have some that are growing as well as last year , but 3 are struggling.............
    Niobe (type 3 ) about two thirds the flowers
    Mrs Cholmondeley (type 2 ) very poor flowering
    Margret Hunt (Type 3 ) currently grown to 2 feet - should be nearly 6 feet by now.

    All are in different locations and are facing east west or south . They are all about 10 years old. Anyone else having probs ? How long does a clematis last, are they past the best before date ?

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    South facing...Montana brilliant as usual...the others,very slow growth.
     
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      I love Montana.....mine are north facing and east facing and they're still putting on a show. :spinning:
       
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        The answer to that, Harry, is indefinitely:hapydancsmil: There is a Clematis Montana at Hill of Tarvit in Fife that is over 80 years old:old:.......and still going strong!!

        I had around 112 Clematis of different varieties last year but find this year I have around 128...[must have blacked out and gone buying again:doh:]. They're growing in shrubs, roses, my Acer Brilliantissimum, the Lilac "Madame Lemoine", the Jasmine Hedge by the pond, the Arbour and either side of the Trellis Entrance to the garden. I think the cold, dull start to Spring hasn't helped but the Armandii variety have done well, as have the Montana's, Mrs George Jackman. I think we only need a short period of warm weather to encourage the others to speed up.:coffee::snork:
         
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          My "Elsa Spath" is positively loving life and blooming her socks off. She is still in the same pot that I put her into as a small piece from Morrisons back in February 2013. She is facing a westerly direction and looking the best I've ever seen her.
           
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            Are we talking about "liberating" that small piece from Morrisons, "M"??:hate-shocked::heehee:
             
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              :yikes: Nooooo!!!! :doh: What do you lot take me for :redface:
               
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                Don't tempt me!!:heehee::loll::lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                 
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                      Aww, that is really pretty! Dare I ask its name?
                       
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                        Ok ...
                        .. which variety is that please, Our Mandy?
                         
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                            You've been peeking in "What's looking good in May"!!:snork:
                             
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