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Winter beauty ( clematis)

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petra Thu 22-Dec-16 11:39:14

This is the first winter of this particular plant. It grew like a triffid and then an abundance of buds. None of the buds have bloomed, they are just falling off.
I have looked up everything on 'problems' with these plants and nobody mentions this problem. The only thing that a lot of people mention is covering the roots with compost, any ldears ladies?
And, should my Passion flower be going rampant. And, should my irises be showing their heads.

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Liz46 Thu 22-Dec-16 12:26:53

It's very warm here for the time of year. Maybe that is why you have a rampant passion flower! I loved my passion flower but it died during a bad winter so maybe think about a bit of fleece for it if the weather becomes really cold?

Yes, I had heard that it is important about how deeply the roots of a clematis are planted. If you have time, maybe go to your local garden centre for advice? There is a man at our local one who can answer any question but he usually sells me something too.

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Liaise Thu 22-Dec-16 17:26:07

I have no success with clematis on our sandy soil here in Dorset but when growing them in clay soil in Oxfordshire I had beauties. I put a bit of lime on them occasionally as they do not like an acid soil apparently. They do like to be planted deep and I have often covered them with stones. I hope you have more luck than me. The only one out of five planted here that survived is a Nelliemoser which is OK at the moment.

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rosesarered Thu 22-Dec-16 21:09:48

That's funny, as I have no success (apart from NellieMoser) in very sandy soil in Oxfordshire with any clematis, although I love them.
Petra I think the problem is with the mild weather, things budding too early?Have you looked at the RHS site online?

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