Mid and Late Summer flowering clematis

[@rachelpeers1795]

Prince George is beautiful... I will put this one on my list to add in my garden.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Yes, Prince George is worth a place in any garden, in my view.

[@TRguy64]

GOSH, my 'Romantika' is doing fantastic this year! I always very DEEPLY dig and prepare my soil, looks more like I'm digging a grave, have been mocked for the extent in which I go, lol .... though, it sure pays big dividends! Clematis really do love a light friable soil and deep root run!

[@Tarot_Time_with_Belle]

Thank you so much for sharing Ken. I’ve really enjoyed this video. Loved seeing your garden and how you display these gorgeous plants. Your knowledge is second to none b thank you.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

You are very kind Belle. Like you, I am learning all the time.

[@chrisburg7979]

Really enjoy your videos your knowledge is amazing

[@jenniferh4603]

Thank you, Ken for your delightful and informative videos. I’ve always loved clematis buy have only attempted to grow them in the past 3 years here in Idaho, USA. The dry high desert is quite a different climate than yours yet the information you provide is educational and can be adapted to my garden and brings me closer to success.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am pleased that you find them helpful. If you have time please let me know about adaptations that work, so that I can also learn from you. Thanks Ken

[@asmerom3025]

A wonderfully informative,,enjoyable and comprehensive coverage of the subject. I was going to ask about containers and feeding but you thankfully say you will be dealing with these topics later on.I have quite a few in my Devon garden costing about £14 each.And I recently purchased four from Tesco costing£4 each. Very small but they are all looking healthy and I'mm looking forward to nurturing them into adulthood. I await your future videos with eager anticipation. Thanks.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

i am glad that you enjoy the videos. yes I will certainly do one on growing in containers. I don't know how far away you are from Roseland House Nursery in Cornwall but it is worth a visit., Charlie and Liz Pridham have one of the national collections of viticellas and you saw some of his clematis on my video. He used not to feed his clematis at all but them discovered he got more flower though introducing feed. I am not sure what he uses but would be worth talking to. I use osmocote slow release fertilizer in my pots but just give a general spring feed to the ones in the ground.

[@snortloohoo]

Amazing video - i saw you on Gardener’s World and have been following ever since. I love clematis. Im on a balcony and i have 11 of them. Bit of an obsession but wanted to let you know that you’ve been a great inspiration and I appreciate all the info and downloads. Thanks for sharing your garden!!!!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Your welcome

[@davenadainton4209]

Another fantastic video Ken. I really enjoy seeing the clematis in bloom at different times of the year. Its very helpful for us novice clematis owners. I have many clematis now, but I do struggle with knowing how to get them to climb. It's always good to see your clematis from a distance so we can get an idea of the structure each clematis has to support its size and height. If ever you get time, a video on structures and supports for different types of clematis would be so helpful. There's so may different types and some grow very tall. I have a nelly moser which is in its 2nd year and its grown twice the height as what was suggested on the label so I've had to wind it round and round wires to try and keep it lower 🙄.it was up and over the huge summer house we have, I kept pulling it back down haha. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your garden

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you for your comments. I find that clematis will grow up anything if allowed to do so. Some need to be tied in as they grow, like texensis Princess Kate that I showed in this video growing up a tree. Your Nelly Moser sounds as if she needs a hard prune to reduce the height at which she flowers. That will also force her to produce more stems which will also mean more flowers. Good luck

[@davenadainton4209]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks Ken. Nelly was pruned to the ground this year as it only had 2 stems. As I expected There were no flowers early this year but its still flowering now. I do need to prune it down again very soon as I need to move the rare climbing ivy and they are sharing a trellis. 🙄

[@nautilusshell4969]

Great show, as always Ken!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you.

[@wendychandler8304]

I have watched all your videos many times. There are so many lovely flowers with different heights and, habits but you present all with obvious success that instills confidence.Thank you for showing pots and borders, such variety of options, no more planting worries.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am pleased that my videos help

[@rachelpeers1795]

wow, all your clematis are gorgeous... so lovely Ken. On your tour, I found out the name of my unknown clematis... Prince Charles is growing rapidly here. Very high growth with an ambundance of beautiful flowers. Thanks so much for showing all the clematis and their names. I agree with you, the white clematis with black eye is lovely. Its hard to find the white ones.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am please you enjoyed the video and that it helped you to identify Prince Charles. Sunny Side is stunning isn't it!

[@glynisford3303]

A lovley clear concise guide. Very informative. Thanks Ken. Beautiful garden

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Glad the videos are useful

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you

[@cristinamorales4361]

Great job, I love the information, I’m new to gardening here in Long Beach California, I have several clematis growing, thank you

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am glad that you found the video useful. Please remebr however that your temperatures are different to the UK and that my experience is based on gardening in the UK. You may have to adapt some of my suggestions to fit your climate zone. good luck

[@chompers11]

Jeeeeez can you imagine Ken showing you around and letting you take some cuttings?!?!? Quick question: would you add any fertilizer to help strengthen healthy rooted cuttings about a month out before the first frost here? Or leave it alone and let it grow strong on its own? Container and propagation would both be awesome

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Thank you for your comments and if you live near enough you would be welcome to take some cuttings. As for fertiliser I feed all my ground growing clematis in spring, after the dormant season. You could apply a slow release fertiliser in the Autumn as well if you like. Never fertilise though when they are in flower because this will promote more growth at the expense of flowers. I will talk about how to feed pots when I do my video on growing clematis in containers.

[@jenmb.]

Very informative Ken.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am glad that you found it useful.

[@ferahuzun3539]

Please make a video about how much water do we put inside or outside of the pot. Thank you from now

[@LindaAKeller]

Just found you and you are terrific! Thank you so much. I don't know if you've covered this before, but I've been wondering about the right plants as well as the right way to plant two of them at the base of a tree so they will be sure to wind up and around. The tree is a weeping birch that filters a degree of light downward, but primarily there will be shade. Thanks.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Sorry to take so long to reply. Established trees like yours are difficult to plant against because the root systems are so well developed that they take all the moisture and nutrients that a newly planted clematis needs. You could use a very large pot and place it at the bottom of the tree and grow the clematis in that, using the tree to ties in the growth. You would have to regularly water the pot and give the clematib

[@kenblackclematis8272]

It is difficult to plant against an established tree because it will use all the water and nutrients needed by the clematis. You could place a very large pot against the bottom of the tree to grow your clematis in. Regular watering and feeding would be necessary.

[@andreasfasterding2309]

lovley plants very interesting Video

[@rachelpeers1795]

Heat has taken a tole on 3 of my clematis... flowered but the leaves now are browning. Hoping they are not damaged for next years growth. They are the large flowering ones. My smaller clematis seem to be doing fine as they are in pots.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

They should be fine. Many large flowered clematis look scruffy after flowering. a good feed in Spring should be all they need.

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Alionouska , Princess Kate , Duchess of A , I’ve added to my list . I can’t understand some of the names to search 🔦.

[@leepowell3042]

Be very helpful if the name of the clematis would appear on screen.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

In what way would that help Lee? Have I not named all of them verbally?

[@jacob1121]

Greetings Ken. I live in Sweden and I have a ground level balcony with access to a plant bed beneath it on one end. I'm looking for a fast growing vigorous breed of clematis that will act as a privacy barrier. I've never tried my hands at gardening more than cutting hedges and would really like your advice on what breed to choose. I was considering planting Virginia creeper inserta in the flowerbed and some kind of Viticella in pots on the balcony to spice it up. Thank you so much for the videos!

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Hi Jacob. Viticellas all need pruning in Spring and many grow too tall for pots. Personally I would go for some of the clematis bred by Raymond Evison which are bred for growing in pots. Check out his website for ideas.

[@cigdemgun5573]

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[@sandytao6753]

Clematis, are they poison plant . Are they safe to plant it next the other plants

[@TRguy64]

'Princess Diana' is a true favorite of mine, but don't tell anyone that it pairs up very nicely with 'Prince Charles'! 😏 I also have it with 'Romantika', a very dark richly colored clematis.

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I know someone who collects clematis named after the Royals and you would not believe the inappropriate pairings they have made. So you are not alone. They are good colour combinations though

[@TRguy64]

@@kenblackclematis8272 Admittedly, I'm not a fan of King Charles and for years had forsaken to purchase 'Prince Charles', though turns out it's an absolute true gem! I have yet to go through all your videos, I see you did get 'Romantika', it's a very dark beauty! Another I love is 'Viola' ... 'Semu' as well, the list to love is very long!

[@Videos-in-the-OR]

Hello, as I have some very young trees with small diameter trunks, what is the maximum diameter en Etoile Violette can wrap around and climb on without adding any other helping rope or else?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

In my experience it needs much thinner supports than a tree could provide. Try wrapping thin fishing line around the trunk

[@Videos-in-the-OR]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thank you!

[@laurelsayer7557]

Adore my clematis, nearly all Group 2 and Group 3s. But a lot of ugly dead foliage on them this year, no doubt because of the drought, but they really spoil the look of the garden. In such cases, would cutting some of them back early, say in August or September, accepting a loss of flowers, be ok? Or would encouraging new growth risk damaging the plant with the coming winter?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

That should not be a problem Laurie. I assume it is your early flowering ones that look rubbish later in summer and so, if you prune those down you will get new growth and hopefully a second crop of flowers. The later flowering ones should look OK until after they have flowered. Is this helpful?

[@makeyourlifebeautiful1652]

Hi Ken, i have purchased a prince charles and dutch sky clematis and both look so unhappy. They are planted in part sun/shade but have gone brown with hardly any healthy shoots and flowers. Im not sure what im doing wrong and wondered if you have any tips. Do they like alot of water or prefer to be a bit dry? Should i feed them or too late in the year. Any advice greatly appreciated

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I will try to help but first could you send me a couple of photos of each. [e-mail]

[@lynnpowell963]

Thank you for the video very interesting, do you cut back all your clematis ?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Sorry to take so long to reply. I only cur back clematis that flower between June and October in the UK. None of the others need pruning

[@lynnpowell963]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks 😊

[@hikinggirl1601]

I have two potted clematis called “vagabond.” The label says it blooms from spring to fall with group b2 pruning. It is the late June here, which is early summer, but the flowers are almost gone and no new buds are noted. Can you advise me when and what to feed them to produce blooms?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Sometimes labels can be misleading. What the seller should have said is that Spring to Fall is the period in which it will flower. Very few clematis will keep going for all that period. You could cut the clematis down after flowering to about 6 inches. feed it and let it grow. Depending on how good a summer you have it may produce a second flush of flowers. I hope that this helps.

[@hikinggirl1601]

Great advice. Thank you. I realized the problem. I should not have pruned the new growth. Not advisable on type 2 clematis because the flowers grow on new wood after the first bloom. After some organic granular fertilizer this early spring, they are now twice as big and blooming bountifully.

[@maastrictisokokok]

Hi Ken I planted 3 Clematis in spring (a Montana and a deep purple one I forget the name) 2 are dead, having dried up and the leaves fell off after 6 weeks of growth. 3 one I am concerned about as hasn't grown much. They were watered. Soil drainage fine. Assume it is Clematis wilt? What to do? You don't seem to have that problem in your lovely garden

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Hi I am sorry to learn that you have not had much luck so far. I don't think that it is clematis wilt but need more information from you about these disasters. Montanas do not get clematis wilt, but I don't know what sort the other two are. How big were the clematis when you planted them? Which Country do you live in?

[@maastrictisokokok]

@@kenblackclematis8272 @Ken Black Clematis dear Ken sorry very late reply! I live in London. One grew fast to around 6 feet high and 6 across along some wires. Grew fast for 6 weeks then stopped for 6 weeks then seemingly shriveled up and died in about a week. I was watering it. The other one had the end of the leaf turn brown or black with the rest green but progressively the leaf browns and shrivels up. And some of the stems also turn black and the leaves die while other stems look healthy. Do you recognise this behaviour?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

@@maastrictisokokok sorry but it is still very difficult to give you anything but a pure guess from the information you have given me. DoI take it that only one of the three clematis was a montana? Assuming this to be the case, as I said in my previous reply, montanas don’t as a rule suffer from wilt. They can sometimes get slime flux and I have known them to suffer from acid rain and other air born pollutants. If the other two of your clematis are early large flowered hybrids then perhaps wilt could be a factor. Some varieties are more susceptible than others, so without knowing the varieties it is difficult to offer more suggestions. Given that all three appear to have struggled it may be that growing conditions are not generally favourable. You may like to try growing a large pots with good compost rather than plant in garden soil. I find that some clematis prefer this. Sorry that I can’t be more helpful Ken

[@northwalescoast7911]

Thanks for the video, wondering if you can help me...planted a clematis "so many flowers "last year and it's been thriving until a month or so ago...the blooms were infected by some form of fungal attack,I've cut all the blooms back but to date no sign of any buds...the plant itself looks healthy enough ,any ideas ?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

I am sorry that you are having problems with your clematis. Without seeing them and knowing what the fungus is I don't know what to suggest for this year. Perhaps next year they will flower again. I suggest you feed them in spring with aq high potassium feed as this helps to strengthen the plant to resist disease.

[@northwalescoast7911]

@@kenblackclematis8272 thanks for taking the time to reply, all my others are thriving...I will follow your advice as regards to feeding it next spring.

[@joycewood8066]

How about one on propagation please.😊

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Hi Joyce, I have done a video on propagation. If you go to my web site kenblackclematis you will find a link to it and all the others. Let me know what you think

[@watzegjemedaarnouvan]

Whats the fastest growing clematis based on maximum annual growth may it be old mans beard or montana im not experinced enghu eith clematis could you tell me?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Something like montana Grandiflora or a late flowering terniflora are probably the most vigorous. Montanas need good drainage though.

[@jamesvellozzi3455]

What is your website?

[@kenblackclematis8272]

kenblackclematis.com

[@grahamthomas411]

Clematis in pots yes please I have looked for some to grow in pots 4/5 ft high BUT to cut to ground or so then come back up if you any recommendations would like to know many thanks for your time and help 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kenblackclematis8272]

Sorry not to have replied sooner Graham but I have just noticed your comment. Any of the large flowered hybrids will do well in pots and you can find a list of suggested varieties on my web site kenblackclematis.com. Hope this helps

[@grahamthomas411]

no prob will be looking at your site thanks again for your help and time 👍👍👍👍👍👍

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