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Hi guys,
First time in this part of the vine - I'm mostly a veg grower with a few flowers dotted about for good measure
.
I bought a clematis from Wilkinsons the other day, hoping to train it to grow up the 2 tonne engine hoist we inherited with our garden when we bought our house 8 years ago. It's been dragged about the back of the garden a few times over the years but is far to heavy and cumbersome to ever consider removing it for good - it would have to be an angle grinder job to achieve that
. Finally, last year we painted it with black hammerite and grew climbing beans up it.
This year, I thought we'd try a different approach (because we had a bit of a glut of beans last year
) and thought a lovely clematis would serve to hide the hoist, add a bit of colour to the end of the garden AND would keep the bees and butterflies happy.
Anyway, Wilkos were selling these clematis off for half price so I bought one, thinking I'd look it up in the BHS Encyclopedia for type etc but it isn't listed AND I've googled it and I still can't find it.
Soooooooooooo I thought, I know where I can go to ask. According to the label it's Clematis Dematis (red flowering). Anyone know this variety and could you please point me in the right direction for care instructions?
Many thanks
Reet
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First time in this part of the vine - I'm mostly a veg grower with a few flowers dotted about for good measure
.I bought a clematis from Wilkinsons the other day, hoping to train it to grow up the 2 tonne engine hoist we inherited with our garden when we bought our house 8 years ago. It's been dragged about the back of the garden a few times over the years but is far to heavy and cumbersome to ever consider removing it for good - it would have to be an angle grinder job to achieve that
. Finally, last year we painted it with black hammerite and grew climbing beans up it.This year, I thought we'd try a different approach (because we had a bit of a glut of beans last year
) and thought a lovely clematis would serve to hide the hoist, add a bit of colour to the end of the garden AND would keep the bees and butterflies happy.Anyway, Wilkos were selling these clematis off for half price so I bought one, thinking I'd look it up in the BHS Encyclopedia for type etc but it isn't listed AND I've googled it and I still can't find it.
Soooooooooooo I thought, I know where I can go to ask
. According to the label it's Clematis Dematis (red flowering). Anyone know this variety and could you please point me in the right direction for care instructions?Many thanks
Reet
x
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