Early Spring Clematis at Adswood

[@davenadainton4209]

Absolutely stunning! Please keep making videos all year round of your garden. I'd love to see it change every month. It's beautiful!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad you like them

[@theukplant_doctor7596]

Thanks Ken for this video! I could sit and watch you for hours! I love your garden and everything in it - such a feast for the senses! You have both done an amazing job with the garden and have clearly put in a lot of work! It’s looking so beautiful. Those varieties 😍 I will soon be moving down from Yorkshire to the Forest of Dean area (to my forever home to put down roots - excuse the pun!) and can not wait to find a property with enough land that I can create a similar set up. I currently live in a lovely village and only have a small yard but have managed to grow lots within it! I have many established potted Clematis (some which are cuttings I took several years ago and they’re doing pretty well now). I love propagating and sharing my passion with others! I also grow a few different varieties of Passiflora which I find look beautiful contrasting with my clematis varieties. The Passiflora flowers with their intricate detail literally just blow my mind every time, and I never get bored of their beauty. I intend to take all my plants with me during the move so I have the memories from this house too and can continue to enjoy them (and propagate of course!) 😊 I’m excited to start adding more to my collection and experimenting. It’s so nice watching them put on displays year after year. Im looking forward to a life project and watching your videos gives me lots of inspiration. Keep posting!! I’ll keep watching! 🙂👍🏻 Aaron.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Good luck with your move. Perhaps you should use your web site to chronicle how you move the plants and how well they have responded to the move

[@maggiehughes4283]

You have a wonderful garden, and your knowledge of clematis is equally wonderful. I will be subscribing and maybe my two young clematis will benefit from my watching you work with the plants.

[@paulineanderson3985]

Thank you Ken for showing us your garden, I grew up in Liverpool, now live in Ontario, Canada, zone 5. In the northwest UK we are not known for sun but all your clematis seem to be doing just fine with what they get! The information you gave about the immature root system of supermarket clematis was especially educational to me because I have been buying these young plants here and couldnt figure out why they all died. This week I purchased 3 H. F. Young baby plants with a lot of top growth, I replanted them in one gallon pots with compost and potting soil to grow on the roots. I also managed to harvest some 'nodal' cuttings so I plan to have a go with them. Thanks for all the excellent information.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am glad you found it helpful. HF Young is a lovely clematis

[@JP-zn9dw]

It would be a dream come true to find a clematis in my compost pile- I only ever find potato plants! I enjoy your knowledge and variety of interest.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you. I will post pictures of the plants when they flower. All are growing well but I still don’t know what varieties they are.

[@wallendegen1]

You have an impressive garden ! Clematis king you are !

[@kenblackclematis8272]

It is a bit of knowledge and lots of enthusiasm . No royalty involved

[@dmmixvlogs834]

Wonderful.Thank you for sharing.Am sure the people are so amazed.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thanks for watching!

[@snortloohoo]

Thanks for the tour!!!! Clematis wisdom is excellent, thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see the summer tour.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Sorry, but due to unforeseen circumstances I didn’t do a summer tour. Will rectify this next year

[@maureencampbell7276]

I love your spring flowes. I have about 4 myself. I think they have a real beauty and such prolific flowes which gives me great pleasure. Love your display. Thanks

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Enjoy your clematis

[@makeyourlifebeautiful1652]

That was wonderful! What a stunning garden! We have moved into our first house and are focusing on the garden. I have ordered clematis prince charles, dutch sky , keri te kanawa, pillu, Wisley cream and blue dancer. So excited! Thank you for all the inspiration

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad to be of help. Don’t plant Blue Dancer deeply or the crown mat rot. Good luck

[@makeyourlifebeautiful1652]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks for the advice I will make sure I plant it shallow.

[@joannapocock6055]

Good morning, what a fab video I am learning a great deal from watching your videos so thank you for sharing them with us . I saw you on gardeners world a couple of weeks back .

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you for taking the trouble to send me some feedback. It is much appreciated

[@patriciamolloy196]

I would love a cutting of Willy please

[@TRguy64]

Lovely video! I have long grown 'Joe Zary' bred by a friend of mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, this clematis is remarkable in ability to bloom and rebloom for an extended period of time. A handful of years ago, I noted a stem producing variegated foliage, this stem I carefully removed along with a good bit of roots. The spring blooms are totally unlike that of 'Joe Zary', instead these are wonderfully full of about 35 long narrow petals of picotee wine with white, just glorious! I presented Stan Zubrowski the breeder of the plant with photos and he was blown away that it does not even resemble his original! Oddly, enough, the August flush of blooms totally reverts back to being 'Joe Zary!' I have been taking cuttings for further testing the plant for possible release. I wish I could share a photo with you!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

@@TRguy64 I would like to see a photo if that is possible

[@mattieburton9896]

Wow. So glad I stumbled onto this! Thank you for sharing. Your garden has a superb patina that greatly enhances the clematis. I especially liked the weathered boards early in the video and the moss on the rocks. Can't wait to see the summer bloom.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it. The video was shot two weeks ago and already the garden looks quite different

[@psychicmediumhelenjane6744]

WOW I’ve just come Across you Alan, this Evening What A Fabulous Array Of Clematis, I’ve Never seen as Many, Your Garden is Amazing I’ve Just Bought 3 Spring Flowering Clematis But Looking Forward to Buying 3 More for Summer Flowering As I’ve just put up along the back of my Fence partly in Shade Though Enjoyed the Videos on how to take Cuttings Thank for your Hints and Tips Alan 👍 Helen In Holmfirth ( Last of the Summer Wine Country ) 🌸🌺

[@chinazaified]

Thank you for this video I hope that I can grow mine as beautifully as yours.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am sure you will. Just give them good drainage, don’t plant them deeply and just watch them grow. !

[@mprice126]

what a fantastic presenter like to see more videos

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I have more planned this year. Glad you like them

[@mprice126]

@@kenblackclematis8272 top bomber 👍

[@ferahuzun3539]

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!?!

[@georgcorfu]

Your garden is paradise. So many clematithes (the plural of clematis in greek) in one garden. Thank you so much for your lovely videos.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you. I am glad you like it

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Love the sleepers , with the shingle , and the sea of Clematis ❤ I have a David Austin obsession with clematis, glad I grow together. There’s a clotted cream jasmine .

[@kenblackclematis8272]

glad you liked it

[@tanyatanya33]

Absolutely Beautiful 😍

[@woofpet]

Thank you for this video (and all the others of course 😁). This one was a real treat!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Gla d you liked it

[@derekwainwright6805]

Really good informative videos. Keep up the good work, thankyou.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you. I am glad they are useful

[@cigdemgun5573]

Hi Ken you New clematis video make 2022 please.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

There is a new one just out

[@cigdemgun5573]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks sır Clematis.

[@wendychandler8304]

Another Cheshire garden! I'm in Westmorland, wild, wet and everything else no greenhouse , so these are a novelty for me. Plants in pots are essential here ex. for trees and shrubs. Can't wait to share your videos; many thanks Ken.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad you found my suggestIons helpful. Westmorland has a wild beauty

[@wendychandler8304]

@@kenblackclematis8272 Rabbits are a major part of that Ken, making it difficult to choose plants. They decimated Choisyas, tunnelled under roses and Camellias. I hope they get belly-ache!

[@deborahburgess359]

i have enjoyed your videos so much. you have taught me a lot, Thank You

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad they help

[@anorthfacinggarden9045]

Congrats on your feature at BBC gardeners world !!!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you

[@grahamthomas411]

Be interested to see what flowers the black label are another great update thanks for replying 👍👍👍👍ps like where the clock is 👍

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I will let people know what the black label plants are if I can identify them.thanks for watching

[@ToniMedwedew]

Absolutely gorgeous Ken. Love clematis and have quite a few, however, they are not readily available here in Australia unfortunately. Well done!!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Have thought of emigrating?

[@ToniMedwedew]

If I was younger Ken, perhaps I would consider it lol. I am a keen gardener and live on a 3/4 acre property. My first love are clematis.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

@@ToniMedwedew sorry I was only joking about your need to move but I would be interested to know about which clematis you grow, how you do this and what challenges you face with them. Our British Clematis Society members in the UK would be interested as well. Any photos you could send me at [e-mail].

[@lynneserman6054]

Fabulous!

[@ferahuzun3539]

Thank you very much for the knowledge I have been getting for 9months. Propagating with leaves I have trued maybe 100 times but they always die. Please help me with the propagating from leaves. You are wonderful and your garden is spectacular.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

@@ferahuzun3539 I hope I have not been misleading you but you can’t propagate clematis from leaves. It is the young stems that you propagate from and you leave one leaf on whilst you do it. If you tell me how you have been trying to do it I will try to help Ken

[@laurelsayer7557]

Fascinating, I must watch again and take notes on the clematis that are less vigorous and suitable for growing with roses, or with other clematis. Incidentally, I've got a very mature non clinging Group 3 Arabella which sprawls everywhere if not tied in.is it possible to 'Chelsea chop' a Group 3 like this one to keep it short, delay flowering, and grow it almost like a herbaceous clematis in the border?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Arabella is a reliable herbaceous clematis that you can use the Chelsea chop on to get more, if slightly later, flowers

[@greenhosta995]

Good to find these videos on one of my favorite plants. Do any of the alpinas rebloom later in the year?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Many alpinas do re flower during the summer but not as profusely as they do in the Spring

[@kenblackclematis8272]

alpinas do grow well in poor stones soil in the wild but I feed mine in spring with blood, fish and bone to give them an extra boost

[@kenblackclematis8272]

That is exactly right. As long as your soil is well drained, like the stones soil they are used to in the wild, they will do well. Providing a feed will help them do even better

[@user-jv1qc4ls2h]

I am interested in how you got the bottom off of the ceramic pot

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I used a grinder. Hard work but I managed it. This year I have used some tough plastic ones with flexible walls. A saw designed to cut plastic did the job.

[@lisa-lou57]

How do you get the clematis to flower at the bottom as I thought that they tended to flower higher up? You have such a beautiful garden

[@wallendegen1]

I also have a clematis Montana "pink perfection" doing the same. It was an instant impact rather big one which i bought quite cheap at the clearance last autumn. It has now leafed out but the bottom is bare.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Clematis can be trained along and down as well as up. That helps to prevent bare stems at the bottom

[@lisa-lou57]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thank you

[@ferahuzun3539]

Im sorry I forgot to tell you where Iive. I live in Turkey,and the city is Izmir. It is a perfect city to plant clematis. We have sun nearly 9 months.

[@laurelsayer7557]

Sorry another question for you! Are all types of clematis happy to be moved, and are there any special considerations I should bear in mind? (I'm presuming this needs to be done during the dormant period Nov -March?)

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I rarely move clematis once they are established in the ground but when I do I use the dormant season and dig up as much root as I can. I find that the clematis then takes a couple of years to re establish itself

[@laurelsayer7557]

Thanks Ken, has better make sure I get it right first time then! Just got myself a couple of Miss Bateman. Might wait for them to flower before I plant out. Definitely want to squeeze in a couple more Viticellas, and maybe even a Macropetala (IF I can find somewhere to squeeze them in, lol).

[@hellwheresthefire]

Thank you. Lovely .

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am glad you liked the video

[@DottyGran247]

May I ask, whereabouts are you in Cheshire, I’m in west Lancashire so I’d love to visit one day with a view to purchasing some of your wonderful Clematis, could you let me know the times/dates of the next time you are having an open day under the national garden scheme. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@kenblackclematis8272]

We live in Mollington which is just outside Chester. The house name is Adswood which is what you should look for in next years NGS book /web site. We will probably open our garden a couple of times in April for people to see the spring flowered clematis. We will also be open by invitation later in the year for groups of people. I don’t sell clematis because there are so many good mail order firms to choose from. Taylor’s of Doncaster and Hawthorhes clematis Nursery at Hesketh Bank are your nearest ones. Ken

[@DottyGran247]

@@kenblackclematis8272 ok thanks for the info. Incidentally - not your problem but I didn’t get notified of your reply so I just came back to check, not sure what’s going on but I’m not getting notified of new videos or replies from lots of other channels I’m subbed to either, I’ve tried clicking the bell icon and it makes no difference….anyway, thanks for your reply 👍

[@jennydarch6881]

I cut my broughton star back the first year and it has not flowered, what should I do ?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Please tell me what time of year you cut it back and what Country you live n

[@jennydarch6881]

@@kenblackclematis8272 October, I live in Gloucester England

[@kenblackclematis8272]

October is too late to prune. You will have taken away this years flowers. Montanas flower on last years growth and, unless you are training a young plant to produce more stems, they don’t need pruning at all.if they become too large for the space allocated to them cut them back in late May or early June at the latest. They will then have time to produce flowers buds for the following Spring.if you now leave yours alone it will flower next May

[@myfxjansen1851]

You have beautiful clematis. I like the Viticellas, also because they do very well in my garden soil. Clematis Diane and Kate (Texensis) unfortunately disappear by themselves. Will the Atragens do just as well? I have sandy/loamy soil. Kind regards, from Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

If your soil is well drained they should do well

[@digitaldemocracyai-rob]

Do your clematis not swamp out your roses in summer?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

No because most are viticellas that flower after the roses have finished flowering. In spring the viticellas are pruned almost to the ground, providing light and air for the roses to begin growing again

[@digitaldemocracyai-rob]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks so much for the response. I've got a climbing rose that is suffering badly from black spot and have tried everything to rescue it. It's hideous this time of year after it has flowered.... And thinking of running a clematis through it. Once again, thanks!

[@jackb5414]

should you feed Alpina's? as ive been told they like "poor" well drained soil

[@kenblackclematis8272]

sorry to have taken so long to reply. yes they grow in the wild on poor but very well drained soils but, as gardeners, we always want more flower and feeding will provide this. don't feed when in flower though because that encourages new growth at the expense of more buds

[@josephsangle]

Hi I just love your videos! Full of wonderful useful information. Do you grow and sell Princess Kate? If so could you send to the US? I have been in search for this plant for the last 3 years but can’t get a hold of one:-)

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am glad you thought the video was helpful. I don’t sell clematis I’m afraid so I can’t help with Princess Kate

[@josephsangle]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thank you for responding ! I just love your videos!

[@ThePoehladian]

All true plant fanatics have at least one......or 8. 😀🌱 Also, is that a Sunshine Ligustrum hedge ?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

yes it is

[@ThePoehladian]

@@kenblackclematis8272 Nice, one of my faves. Florida Sunshine Anise are nice too and they take shade. 😃

[@LucianaLufota]

😍😍😍

[@joycewood8066]

I notice you don't have any tanguticas (?)

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Yes I have two of them, Bill McKenzie and Daihellios. I also have a couple which have self seeded. They do not flower until late summer so only feature in that videos

[@gargar1888]

🌼🌹🌸🌺🪴love