Tips on How to Plant Clematis in your Garden

Clematis are a great climbing plant for the garden. There are many different types of clematis that can be grown in the United Kingdom. A recent study found that there where 297 species of clematis in existence. The most commonly grown genus of clematis is the Viticella type. These are grown in many gardens up the trellis work or growing up supports over fences and walls. A great way to grow a clematis is to grow it up a large tree as the tree will act as a large support and also add colour. A good tip is if you have a dead tree in your garden then why not bring it back to life by planting 2 or 3 different clematis around it and allowing them to grow up the tree. If you choose to do this then choose clematis that flower at different times of the year. Choose one that flowers in the spring, one that flowers in the summer and there is a type that will flower in the winter. With a little time that dead or dying tree you had in your garden would have been bought back to life with all year round colour.

When you plant a clematis you must remember to plant it so that the stem is buried about six inches bellow the soil, this is because of clematis wilt. If you do this and your clematis does get clematis wilt then the plant should survive because it will root on the buried bit of the stem and push up new growth from the base of the plant. If planting by a fence or wall make sure that it is planted roughly a foot or so away from the fence or wall as these can draw moisture from the soil so leaving the clematis plant with very little moisture.