Japanese knotweed is probably the most evasive weed in the UK, in this article we look at how to tackle it and eventually kill it using, tarps to shut out light, Glyphosate-based herbicides to help kill the plants down to the root, and simply digging it up. All methods need to be used in conjunction with each other and it takes several years to hopefully eradicate it from your garden, but it takes a lot…
With any type of clematis, the purpose of regular pruning is to keep the plant in check and avoid flower production becoming a mess at the top of the plant. The way these plants work is that flowers will grow off the place where the old stems stop and new stems begin, so if you fail to prune them correctly, it will keep pushing the flowers further and further out. In short, the plant gets…
Regularly pruning your clematis will encourage better flowering and a stronger plant overall. It also helps to prevent the plant from growing out of control. If you fail to prune properly and regularly your clematis will manifest itself into a mass of tangled stems overlapping one another with an empty base and flowers every which way. When to prune clematis montana If you have a clematis of the montana species, you need to prune them…
There are many types of clematis plants and if you have a clematis that falls into group three then you need to make sure that you are properly pruning it to get the most out of these beautiful flowers. They flower in late summer and need to be pruned back hard in late winter or early spring just above ground level to a good set of buds. Type of clematis If you have a group…
The correct pruning of a clematis encourages more flowers and stronger growth. It, in effect, keeps your plant from getting out of control in terms of its growth and manifesting in the form of tangled stems and flowers that are too high to see with bare stems at the base. Group two clematis flower early spring but you can also get a second flush of flowers on new growth in late summer if pruned correctly.…
