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JuliaJayne - Your Etoile Violette is scrumptious; A couple of pictures of it shows it as a really dark wine while your's looks more pink (which I like). Is the color in your picture pretty true, or is it maybe a little darker in real life? Have you posted a photo of General Sikorski?
Guru - You talk of dressing the clematis with more manure or compost, etc. when pruning back...I just cut my 3 Ville de Lyon all the way back to about 5 inches. I had someone else do it and that's a little shorter than I intended. Anyway, they don't look as if they could handle a higher soil line - should I scoop out some of the older topsoil and add fresher dressing? After all, that hasn't been done in 4 or 5 years.
The John Huxtable that I bought from SSV - maybe 4 weeks ago - is still just sitting there doing nothing. It did not have a very big root system, but looked healthy. I have done everything according to directions, but it simply isn't growing. I've fertilized it twice - maybe I should try the "miracle fertilizer"? I would like to see something happening before fall.
Thanks for any and all help.
Dathen
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