How exciting! MJC is a great performer.How big was the pot it came from and did the roots fill it? I would say if it fill a gallon pot it would be ok to let it bloom.

If my transplants want to bloom I usually let them. The vine probably won't grow up as fast, but I haven't yet lost a plant from allowing it to bloom. .

Thanks to both of you! It was in a two gallon pot, and was full of roots. It wasn't exactly root bound, but it was headed there. I loosened the roots up before planting it, and it looks so happy with all the blooms!

Yay!

That's great news!


I have a new one that's blooming now for the first time. It's blooms are the daintiest little things! They're just about the size of my thumbnail...I had no idea they'd be quite that small! I'm hoping that as time goes by this plant puts out zillions of buds, otherwise, it's going to look like I'm growing it for its (admittedly different and pretty, but much larger ) leaves.

I saw this one bloom when my neighbor brought it home, and the blooms were large. These new bloom are really tiny, but are just as pretty! Hopefully your blooms will be much bigger next year! Sounds so pretty though, covered in tiny blooms!

Since you folks were discussing transplanting clematis, maybe you could help me out? I planted a couple of new clematis early this year and I'm really not happy with where I put them. Do you think it would be ok to move them this late in the year? They were small (less than gallon size) when I planted them. One is a Multi-Blue and the other is a mystery clem.

If you take quite a bit of dirt with the root ball I think it would be fine.

Thanks! I'm going to give it a try.

The name of your pink clematis is PIILU. See Clematis On The Web and look it up - there are some gorgeous photos of it. The info says it will reach 5-6 feet.

I have recently gotten really into clematis - after taking mine for granted in favor of daylilies and roses. There are so many uses for them and they can be put in amongst other plants. I have an old [about 20+ years] Mrs. Cholmondoley that I dug up in June to bring to my new home 18 years ago and it still blooms. It was the first plant I dug up and transplanted - at the start of summer. Its still here - growing and blooming. It was absolutely the wrong time of year to transplant but I had no choice. I just planted 3 that have been in pots since spring 2011.......and they are putting up new shoots like mad. I keep them watered, shade the roots. They seem to be doing just fine. My experience with them has been that they are tough plants and given optimum conditions - sun, roots shaded, water, fertilizer - they thrive. Good luck, I will bet yours will do fine. Natalie, that is a gorgeous photo of your Jackmanii!

I am glad your clematis did so well with that transplant at such a bad time of year. Clems are tough! Welcome Judi. Good to have a fellow warm zone clematis grower in the forum.

Hi Judi, We you saying that my pink one was Piilu? If so, that's not it. I found the tag when I was moving it, and it was something else. Now the tag is buried again, and I can't remember what it was. So far, the transplanted one is surviving, and the new one is thriving. It's still blooming too, and I'm loving it!

Thanks for the compliment on the Jackmanii! It really is gorgeous! Sadly, we're going to move sometime in the next couple of years, and it will stay with the house. It's much too large to try and take with me, having been there for probably close to 15 years. I'm much more worried about my daylilies. There is no way I'm leaving them behind!

Hello everyone. Wonderful reading all of you. Natalie, if you want to move that fifteen years old plant, you can but first you will have to confuse it properly. Slowly cut the roots of one fourth of the root ball to desired length then slip in a film of plastic. Let the plant generate fine silky roots in that quarter. Next year do a quarter of the roots on the opposite side. In about four years your plant will be separated from the soil. Lift and move in the end second month when the sap starts to rise. At that time of the year even wrenching out a plant and planting it again you can get away with, mostly.
Now i have a problem. Natalie's, concerned plant psychology in general but i saw a Clematis vitalba growing in the wild and i want it. How is this propagated, will cuttings in Feb do?
Regards,
Masud.

KAMasud, thank's for the info. That big Jackmanii is still going to stay with the house, because I've got way too many other plants to move, and this one can easily be replaced, but it's nice to know that it's possible to move it, if needed. I don't have the four years it will take to get it ready anyway!

Sorry, but I can't help you with your question about cuttings on the wild clematis. I've only tried to get clematis cuttings to grow a few times, but failed. It sure wouldn't hurt to try though!