Why does my clematis vine stop blooming so early in Summer?
Question:I have a beautiful purple clematis vine growing on a large trellis. It blooms profusely in late Spring, but does not bloom into Summer like so many others I've noticed. Could ants be eating the blossoms? I removed the spent flowers and pruned it a bit.also removed a spider web. I feed it periodically with plant food, and its roots are protected with pine straw. Any ideas to keep it flowering. It makes a beautiful statement beside our porch.
Answers:
Pruning could be the source of your problem. Clematis blooms from the new growth, not the old woody stems. Some early bloomers will bloom a second time, but most bloom only once. Find a later blooming variety and plant it with your existing one. The vines will inter-twine and you will have an extended blooming cycle. There's quite a variety out there that bloom at different times. I've intermixed early, mid and late bloomers to extend the show.
WHELL MOST LIKELY ITS THE CLIMATE CHANGES.;..BUT YOU CAN TRY TO PUT IT ALOT MORE IN THE SUN
Some varieties are early bloomers. yours may be one ( I have some, too... they bloom PROFUSELY in the spring and that's it...). If that's the case.. you can't make them bloom again. You might check with a local nursery to see if there would be a little later blooming variety and you could grow them together...?
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