Bush clematis: varieties, planting, care and reproduction

Tricks of experienced florists for lush bloom.

To grow a beautiful clematis, one must be aware that they are real gluttons, they must not be fed, but fed regularly and abundantly!

1. When to feed clematis. Fertilize the vine every 10 days in small portions of fertilizer, always in liquid form. We start feeding in May, when the shoots begin to grow.
2. How to feed:
   • 1 tbsp. a spoonful of ammonium nitrate in 10 liters of water or
   • cow dung in a ratio of 1:10, or
   • bird droppings in a ratio of 1:15 or
   • 2 tablespoons of vermicompost per 10 liters of water.
     We use one bucket of mortar per bush.
3. How to fertilize. Alternate mineral fertilizers with organic ones. When buds appear, give both organic and mineral fertilizers.
4. We protect against pests. If the soil is acidic, to prevent wilting disease (wilt), you need to deacidify it with milk of lime 200 g of lime per 10 liters of water. Ash is also suitable for this purpose.
5. We strengthen the plant. These garden vines love growth stimulants - so spray them with Epin extra every 10 days. This protects them from stress, helps them survive the spring frosts successfully, and makes the shoots more active.

How to choose good clematis seedlings

If clematis begins to stretch, you need to pinch it

Clematis propagate in several ways:

1. Seeds.
2. Layers.
3. By dividing the bush.

The seed breeding method for clematis is the most interesting, but at the same time it is the most laborious and the most time-consuming. Despite the abundance of seeds, few summer residents undertake to propagate clematis with seeds.

If clematis is already growing on your site, you can try to propagate it by layering. To do this, in the fall, select a strong, healthy shoot and remove all leaves from it. Dig a small hole and fill it with humus. Bend the escape to the ground and lower it into the hole. Cover it with a layer of soil and fix it in this position. To keep clematis from freezing in winter, insulate it with spruce branches, a layer of dry leaves or peat. By spring, you will have a rooted shoot that needs to be planted in a permanent place.

Young clematis (no older than 5-6 years) can also be propagated by dividing the bush. To do this, dig up the plant and cut it in two with a sharp knife. Immediately put each piece in its permanent place.

The last two methods are good if you are satisfied with the variety that you already have. But what if you want something new, but you don't want to tinker with seeds? We recommend going to the store, because now there are many different varieties of seedlings on sale - for every taste.

How to choose the right clematis seedling, what should you pay attention to when buying?

Saplings of clematis are of two types: with an open and closed root system. The former are suitable only for spring planting, the latter can be planted in both spring and autumn.

Choose seedlings that are free from traces of diseases and pests

When buying, pay attention to the packaging: there should be indicated not only the name of the variety, but also the trimming group. Without this information, you will not know how to properly care for the purchased clematis.

Cuttings with an open root system are most often sold in packets of loose peat. They should have well-developed and intact kidneys. Before planting, such clematis must be stored in the refrigerator. When the buds on the cutting "wake up", the plant is taken out of the bag and the root system is carefully examined. All damaged roots are removed, and the cutting is dipped in any fungicide, for example Fitosporin-M, for 1 hour before planting.After processing, clematis is planted in a container and placed on a windowsill or in a heated greenhouse, and with the onset of heat (April-May), it is transplanted into open ground.

If you decide to purchase a clematis seedling with a closed root system, then do it no earlier than 2-3 weeks before planting in a permanent place. The fact is that for a longer time at home, the vine will stretch out strongly, and non-lignified shoots risk breaking during transportation and planting.

Immediately after purchase, do not place the seedling in the open sun - find a place for it with diffused light. If there are buds on the shoots, remove them to make it easier for the plant to adapt to the new location. Keep a close eye on the soil in the container and moisten it regularly. For the prevention of fungal diseases, treat the seedling with the same Fitosporin-M. A good option is to combine watering and prevention and carry out this procedure once a week.

Clematis care

After planting seedlings, it is necessary to pay great attention to their watering. In the first two years of growth, a root system is formed in seedlings, shoots grow more slowly

During this period, the plant requires abundant watering. Each bush is watered twice a week, 2-3 buckets at a time.

If the summer is hot, then watering is carried out 2-3 times a week, if it is cool, you can water it once. A drip irrigation system can be a very good help.

To retain moisture in the soil, the soil under the plant must be loosened and mulched. You can use peat, rotted sawdust.

For good growth, clematis need feeding. Fertilizer is applied under the plants up to 5 times per season. It is not recommended to feed the plant only during its flowering period. Otherwise, the flowering time will decrease. When applying fertilizers, it is necessary to alternate mineral and organic fertilizing.

As a top dressing, you can use wood ash. Dry fertilizer is dissolved at the rate of 30 g per 10 l of water. This volume is enough for 2 sq. m of soil. You can also use mullein feeding, which helps the growth and flowering of the plant well. Prepared at the rate of 1 part mullein to 10 parts of water.

Another important point in caring for clematis is its garter. Since the plant is curly, it must be tied up so that the lashes do not intertwine and break. To do this, use special trellises, or arches.

And finally, the last stage is the preparation of plants for wintering. The plant is untied from trellises or arches, tied at the very roots, folded and covered with spruce branches, leaves, and on top with a special covering material.

Landing rules

To plant a plant correctly, you need to follow a certain algorithm of actions.

• Clematis are planted in containers in the spring, for this they use high pots. Their diameter should not be less than 30 cm. Wooden boxes are also suitable.
• First, a drainage layer is laid on the bottom, it should be about 1/8 of the height of the pot wall. The substrate can be sod or ordinary soil from the garden, mixed with compost or humus, sand and peat. Be sure to add superphosphate - 0.5 cups and chalk - 1 cup.
• Immediately upon planting, you need to take care of installing a support - put a ladder or trapezoid at least one meter high so that it is possible to fix the growing shoots with an interval of 20 cm.
• Next, you need to dig the container into the open ground so that it completely disappears. During the season, clematis will root well, its shoots will grow well.

In late October or early November, you need to dig out a container and cut off the tops of the shoots. Those shoots on which flowers bloomed are not removed from the support. The container with the plant should be placed in the basement, the temperature in which will not be lower than 0 degrees and not higher than +2. Clematis will stay there until January. Its maintenance during this period is simple - rare watering, no need to feed.

Then it must be transferred to a glazed balcony, installed in a sufficiently lit place. The temperature should be + 8-12 degrees, then the budding process will go perfectly. At higher temperatures, not a single bud may appear. As soon as budding has begun, you need to increase the temperature to + 15-18 degrees, or simply move the container to a room where it is warm. Around the end of winter and early spring, clematis begins to bloom.

It is important to ensure that direct sunlight does not fall on the ground in the container.

It is better to choose a larger capacity, regardless of whether it is a ground tub or a hanging planter. The best option is 20 liters, however, in a fifty-liter container, you can create a composition of three lush bushes.

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One of the most convenient methods to prepare a grown crop of vegetables, fruits and berries is freezing. Some people believe that freezing leads to a loss of the nutritional and beneficial properties of plant foods. As a result of the research, scientists have found that there is practically no decrease in nutritional value when frozen.

It is necessary to collect medicinal flowers and inflorescences at the very beginning of the flowering period, when the content of nutrients in them is as high as possible. Flowers are supposed to be picked with hands, breaking off rough pedicels. The collected flowers and herbs are dried, scattered in a thin layer, in a cool room at a natural temperature without access to direct sunlight.

Tomatoes have no natural protection against late blight. If late blight attacks, any tomatoes (and potatoes too) die, no matter what is said in the description of varieties ("varieties resistant to late blight" is just a marketing ploy).

Compost - rotted organic residues of various origins. How to do it? Everything is stacked in a heap, a hole or a large box: kitchen leftovers, tops of garden crops, weeds mown before flowering, thin twigs. All this is interlayered with phosphate rock, sometimes with straw, earth or peat. (Some summer residents add special composting accelerators.) Cover with foil. In the process of overheating, the pile is periodically ted up or pierced for the flow of fresh air. Usually compost “matures” for 2 years, but with modern additives it can be ready in one summer season.

It is believed that some vegetables and fruits (cucumbers, stalk celery, all varieties of cabbage, peppers, apples) have a "negative calorie content", that is, digesting more calories than they contain. In fact, the digestive process uses only 10-20% of the calories from food.

From varietal tomatoes you can get "your" seeds for sowing next year (if you really like the variety). And it is useless to do it with hybrid ones: the seeds will turn out, but they will carry the hereditary material not of the plant from which they were taken, but of its numerous “ancestors”.

Humus - rotted manure or bird droppings. It is prepared like this: manure is piled in a heap or pile, sandwiched with sawdust, peat and garden soil. The collar is covered with a film to stabilize the temperature and humidity (this is necessary to increase the activity of microorganisms). The fertilizer "ripens" within 2-5 years - depending on external conditions and the composition of the feedstock. The output is a loose homogeneous mass with a pleasant smell of fresh earth.

Both humus and compost are rightfully the basis of organic farming. Their presence in the soil significantly increases the yield and improves the taste of vegetables and fruits. They are very similar in properties and appearance, but they should not be confused. Humus - rotted manure or bird droppings. Compost - rotted organic residues of various origins (spoiled food from the kitchen, tops, weeds, thin twigs).Humus is considered a better fertilizer, compost is more readily available.

Natural toxins are found in many plants; those that are grown in gardens and orchards are no exception. So, in the seeds of apples, apricots, peaches there is hydrocyanic (hydrocyanic) acid, and in the tops and peel of unripe nightshades (potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes) - solanine. But do not be afraid: their number is too small.

I inherited this flower along with the dacha from my grandmother. Previously, I did not like digging in the ground, but when the grandmother was gone, and the family did not want to sell her house (memory), someone had to take care of a tiny vegetable garden and garden. I'm the only one in the family - a freelancer and I can travel out of town at any time of the week, so I volunteered to become a gardener.

At first I had to overpower laziness, google a lot and ask people, since I didn't know anything about gardening at all. Now flowers (and above all clematis) have become my greatest love. And how nice it is to gather a family near a small house, in a gazebo covered with blooming beauty!

Brief characteristics of the plant

Clematis represents the Buttercup family and has several hundred species and thousands of varieties.

This diversity complicates the classification and care of a particular variety: each specimen differs not only in appearance, but has its own characteristics of cultivation.

Clematis are represented by herbaceous and shrub forms, dwarf shrubs are found, but lianas are the most common. It was the lianas that became permanent residents of summer cottages.

Consider the general botanical characteristics of clematis weaving forms:

• herbaceous, garden liana grows up to 3.5 m, wild species - up to 10 m;
• stems are flexible, but not too strong;
• a lignified stem is formed at 1/3 of the ground, and curly, green shoots stretch above;
• leaves are simple, pinnate or trifoliate (4-6 cm) oppositely sitting on petioles;
• petioles are flexible and mobile, they twist around the support, cling to it, supporting the vine;
• dormant buds are located on the lower part of the stems and roots, which awaken when the ground part dies;
• brightly colored sepals, consisting of 4-8 petals, conventionally called a flower;
• in the center of the calyx there are many pistils and stamens, which complements the elegant appearance;
• bisexual clematis flowers are located singly or in groups;
• the size of the corolla varies from 5 to 20 cm (depending on the species and variety);
• flowers are distinguished by the shape and size of sepals: star-shaped, disc-shaped and cruciform variants are common;
• the color scheme includes a full color palette from whites to deep purples.

The flower consists of brightly colored sepals. Numerous pistils and stamens give it additional decorative effect.

Usually at the beginning of flowering, the flowers are larger and brighter. In the future, they become smaller, and the color of the sepals fades towards the end of flowering. Color shades may vary depending on weather and soil conditions.

Clematis or "clema" is translated from Greek as "flexible, climbing plant." There is also a Russian name - "clematis", which is associated with a pungent smell that appears when the leaves are rubbed. Its origin is difficult to determine: clematis was found on all continents even before people began to systematize plants.

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How to plant clematis correctly?

The best time for planting clematis is the second half of spring and early autumn, but it is better to prepare the hole in advance. The optimal size of the hole is 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 m.In this case, the distance between the planted plants should be at least 1 m.

Biennial grafted plants and rooted cuttings are suitable as planting material. If the roots are very long, they are shortened by 1/3.

In the southern regions, it is preferable to plant clematis in the fall (late September - early October), and in the more northern regions - in the spring (April-May). The decorative effect is usually achieved 2-3 years after planting.

Before planting, the shoots are cut off (they will dry out anyway), leaving no more than three lower nodes. The root collar of young plants is buried 8-10 cm, and adults - 10-12 cm (provided that the soil is not heavy).

When planting, the root ball of the seedling should easily fit into the planting hole.

To protect the roots from overheating, after planting and watering, the soil is mulched. It will not be superfluous to shade the bases of the shoots, especially in the sun. For this purpose, replanting of undersized annuals to clematis is often practiced.

It is recommended to install a permanent clematis support during planting. But keep in mind: the liana can only climb over rather thin rungs and a net.

Care methods

In order for the plant to bloom profusely, you need to do the following:

• Irrigation. Clematis Justa loves a large amount of moisture, so the plant is watered once every 7 days, but if the summer was hot, then the procedure is carried out 2 times a week. Under one young clematis, about 15 liters of water are poured, and under an adult flower - 30 liters. Experienced gardeners recommend digging pots into the soil that have a hole in the bottom. When watering, the containers are filled completely. Thus, the liquid will seep into the soil, thereby saturating all layers of the soil.
• Laying mulch. It retains moisture well, preventing weeds from growing. The soil is usually mulched with humus, moss or peat.
• Loosening. If the mulch did not fit in the spring, then sometimes you will have to loosen the soil. The process is carried out the next day after the flowers are irrigated. Weeds are also removed immediately.
• Feeding. Fertilizing complexes are added to the planting hole before planting, after which they are not used for some time. With frequent use, it is likely that clematis will rot. At the time of the growing season, nitrogen fertilizers should be used, they can increase the amount of greenery on the plant. When forming buds, fertilizing complexes are used, and after flowering, phosphorus complexes are used. When the plant is in the flowering phase, no feeding is carried out. After pruning, you can apply 20 grams of copper sulfate per bucket. In spring, irrigation with milk of lime, which is made from the village and dolomite flour, is best suited. So that the roots do not start to rot during periods of rains, you need to sprinkle ash around the trunk.

Clematis Justa: photo of the variety

Clematis Justa needs supporting structures that need to be prepared in advance. Supports can be made in the form of a fan, shell or pyramid. To fix the vines, the gap of the structure should not exceed 12 mm in girth. After rains and as it grows, the plant becomes weighty. It is better to make the structure of strong material. You can make metal pipes from mesh. It is folded up and buried in the ground. Clematis of the Yusta variety will bloom inside the structure. The mesh will eventually disappear with foliage and flowers.

Clematis Justa needs insulation for the winter, for this, on a warm day without rain, you need to pour a bucket of humus into the near-stem zone. It is mixed with the leaves in advance. The neck of the root should be treated with 2% copper sulfate. Then the soil is spud up. To do this, use 250 g of sand and 250 g of wood should be a bucket of soil. The layer is made 15 cm.

After the shoots are bent to the soil. They are twisted at the base. Then they make shelters from dry foliage and spruce branches. You can also use fine foam. Then the plant is covered with a box made of wood, thus making an air cushion. Then they take roofing material or a similar material. The layers are fixed with stones or bricks for stability. You can put a 20 cm layer of peat on top.

In March, the film is removed from above, and spruce branches and leaves are left until the beginning of warm days. The shoots are then attached to the support structure.

The Clematis Yusta variety is susceptible to negative fungal attacks. Over time, fabrics lose their elasticity, fade and dry out. For prophylaxis in May, the shoots of the plant are treated with 2% Fundazol. It can be replaced with Azocene. They are able to defeat gray rot and powdery sundew. If the shoots are completely damaged, then they are dug out together with a lump of earth and destroyed, and the soil in the near-stem zone is sterilized.

Clematis Justa: video about the variety