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Wed, May 2, 12 at 8:22
| I have a Guernsey Cream Clematis growing up through a Dortmunde (red) rose and the Guernsey Cream always blooms a month before the rose. This year I tried cutting the clematis back in spring and all I got was a short clematis covered in blooms! Should I disbud instead? is there any way to get this to work or do I need a different clematis there? I am in Central Ohio, the rose usually blooms around the end of May. They are both on an arbor in full sun.
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 12 at 12:59
| Guernsey Cream is known for being a very early blooming clematis. I'm not sure there is any practical way to either delay clematis flowering or bump up the rose bloom - these are just two plants not in sync with their typical flowering schedule. Maybe move the Guernsey Cream and replace with a later flowering type? FWIW, over the years I've found gardening life to be much simplified and more rewarding if you let plants be what they want to be and not force them into atypical behavior. Just saying.....:-) |
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| Thanks gardengal, this is what I'm beginning to see! |
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