Very informative video. I have been learning a lot from your videos. You have a very natural, and easy way of giving information, and I appreciate your teaching method. Many thanks. Please keep adding more videos to this site.
That is very kind of you Margaret. Sometimes I feel like the presentation is rather wooden and hesitant but I know that the content is accurate. Happy growing
As someone who spent a lifetime in education, your presentations are neither wooden or hesitant Ken.You have a rare, relaxed gift. Thank you for sharing your passion for growing clematis.
Thank you for amazing video. You are super teacher. Will check all your playlist now. Will be nice to see the more interesting clematis atragena group, like - Lemon dream, Pink and Purple dream , Pink swing , Lemon beauty.
I am enthralled by the varieties, types and colours and most grateful for the detailed knowledge you share; thank you Ken. I grew a tiny Sweet Bay where I had no soil, by slicing the plastic pot bae 'move it later' and didn't. It's over fifteen feet, still has a scrap of pot.
Hello Ken, Where do you get your large black plastic pots (at 5:25 in video) from for your clematis and what size are they? They look very large and deep. I have looked on the internet and can only get 7 litres deep pots nothing bigger. I really enjoy your videos and they are really informative. Please keep making. I personally would like to see you do another on propagation with the hydropod and would love one about hybridizing. Many thanks Cliff
Hi Cliff and my a Ologies for taking so long to reply. The pots are 12 litres of compost and are 14 inches deep. Believe it or not I get them from my local supermarket. They are pots used to display cut flowers and they sell them off very cheaply. Buying pots that size on the internet is much more expensive I know
bell shaped are my favourite kind. I had so many on my allotment, but could only take a handful hom to my balcony. My most favourite is the Hagelby pink, hasn't flowered yet, might be too dark (new house), they're still in pots while i conquet the ground elder and such. Alpina, Princess Kate, Queen Mother, all fabulous
@@kenblackclematis8272 i started by planting up the neglected gardens in my street that were dog toilets, gave a lot away and then had to be ruthless, i loved all my plants, but had to be done.
Interesting your using plastic black pots, doesn’t the roots need to be cool? The sun will quickly heat up that black plastic. Have you not had any issues using them?
I find that clematis do not need their roots as cool as many people think. It is the moisture rather than the coolness that they need. Also, when my clematis come into flower in those pots I place the pots into larger ceramic pots and that provides not only a more attractive display than a black plastic pot but also insulates the pot from becoming too hot.
Hi Ken, first greetings from holland, and will you be so kind to recommend me two clematis plants which I can plant next to each other , what I want to achieve is that I need early flowering plant and late flowering plant on same place, in that way I get flowers on same place from April to September. any advice ? consider the wether in holland and the plants that easy to find, thank you very much, looking forward to winter care video from you ,
Thank you for your greetings. Since many clematis are grown in Holland you should have no problem in finding what you want. I suggest that you pick a viticella for the later flowerer and an Early Large flowered one for the earlier one. An alternative would be to plant a spring flowering clematis, but because you don’t prune these you would have to be careful when pruning the viticella, which I do in early March. I am sure you will be able to select suitable varieties from any of the mail order clematis outlets. Where do you buy your clematis from in Holland? Do you have garden centres?
