Help with my clematis

[UTH]

I have 5 of the same plant from the same place, all of them in very differing states, despite all looking pretty much identical when I planted them. I fear one of them is dead or dying, 3 of them doing ok, and one of them looks fine but hasn't really grown at all. Any help welcome, my dream was for them to grow and provide loads of cover on the trellis above them, hard to believe they'll get anywhere near that right now

Alive but hardly grown:



Dying?



Three that are ok?

[PhilboSE]

Water.
Feed.
And water.

Any plant that is trying to get established benefits from lots of water in the first couple of years. After the dry period we’ve had they’ll need even more water than usual. Give the ground a really good soaking every couple of days. Lots of water infrequently is better than little and often.

[UTH]

PhilboSE said:

Water.
Feed.
And water.

Any plant that is trying to get established benefits from lots of water in the first couple of years. After the dry period we ve had they ll need even more water than usual. Give the ground a really good soaking every couple of days. Lots of water infrequently is better than little and often.

Ok thanks, I’ll up the water game. I assumed they were getting enough water as a few of them look pretty healthy, but I’ll do more.

[RGG]

You could check the planting levels for the five.

If I recall, they should be planted "under" the pot level.
Meaning under the surface by an inch or two.

There might be a difference.

I think that's the advice.

[Actual]

You could join and seek assistance from The British Clematis Society.

http://www.britishclematis.org.uk/

I can't vouch for how active or worthwhile they might be but I knew a previous editor of their newsletter.

[okgo]

They don’t grow linearly I feel, mine put a lot of effort into growing early spring and then basically stopped to flower. Jasmine the same, I’m now seeing growth from the Jasmine now it’s not flowering and perhaps the clematis will start again.

[Vanden Saab]

We set these in April so about 3 months ago. Water everyday and feed once a fortnight. I trained them along the fence every other day.
The type does matter, these are Montana. When we potted them they did not reach the top of the wall

Edited by Vanden Saab on Wednesday 30th July 19:20

[The Three D Mucketeer]

Clematis roots don't like direct heat .. so if South facing cover the roots with stones ....It's what's underneath that matters ... if they've rooted they'll come back.
Montana is pretty rampant ... others are more delicate .... and require very gentle training .

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Wednesday 30th July 19:42

[Bobtherallyfan]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

Clematis roots don't like direct heat .. so if South facing cover the roots with stones ....It's what's underneath that matters ... if they've rooted they'll come back.
Montana is pretty rampant ... others are more delicate .... and require very gentle training .

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Wednesday 30th July 19:42

Bang on….they hate direct sun on any part of the bottom few inches.

[SBF]

Half the time I can't even find the clematis.