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.
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.
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 .
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.
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
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.
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 .
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
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
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 ) 🌸🌺
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 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!
@@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 keneblack@outlook.com.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?)
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
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).
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
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:-)
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 🙏🏼
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
@@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 👍
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
@@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!
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
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
