March 18, 2010
Lots of healthy leaf axil buds.
This morning I spent a little time cleaning up the vines and pruned just a little off the top of the longest vines. I also reworked some of the vines around the trellis.
After reading a little bit on the web tonight I realized that I can and should do a bit more clean up. I should remove all the dead leaves. I had just raked up the ones that fell off the plant as I was working on it. I can also be a little more assertive about pruning some of the weaker vines. Apparently, I can even cut the dry petioles off if I need to unravel vines from around each other so I can get them situated better on the trellis.
If I get around to it, great. Now I know what I'm doing. If I don't get around to it, that's okay too. It will keep and I've managed to keep the clematis alive and thriving with minimal spring care and attention up till now.
I need to look up which clematis I have planted as a companion.
'Henryi' is a Group 2 (or a repeat bloomer) clematis.
It has large, lovely, white flowers between 6 - 8 inches across.
We love that it is a repeat bloomer and have been suprised with blooms into late November!
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