{"id":2674,"date":"2020-10-17T00:03:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T07:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-462\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:30:18","slug":"deadheading-clematis","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/deadheading-clematis\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadheading Clematis"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a beautiful clematis in full bloom right now. Do I need to<\/strong>
\ndead head the spent blooms to make it bloom again? It is Clematis<\/strong>
\n‘Candida.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In researching this question, I used Raymond Evison’s
\nexcellent 1998 book, The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Clematis.<\/em> Your
\nClematis lanuginosa<\/em> ‘Candida’ is considered a mid-season, large-flowered
\ntype, and it often reblooms, according to Evison. In the chapter on
\ncultivation, he says, “Some clematis growers prefer to remove spent
\nflowerheads to encourage further crops of flowers, especially with the
\nearly large-flowered single, double, and semi-double clematis. Certainly,
\nif the old flowers are removed with a length of stem with 2-3 nodes, new
\ngrowth will appear and a further crop of flowers will be produced. When
\nthis is done, it is important to keep the clematis well watered and fed.
\nThe only drawback…is that the attractive seedheads on this group of
\nclematis will be lost. A compromise can be achieved by removing only 50
\nper cent of the spent flowerheads…”<\/p>\n

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I have a beautiful clematis in full bloom right now. Do I need to dead head the spent blooms to make it bloom again? It is Clematis ‘Candida.’   In researching this question, I used Raymond Evison’s excellent 1998 book, The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Clematis. Your Clematis lanuginosa ‘Candida’ is considered a mid-season, large-flowered type, and it often reblooms, according to Evison. In the chapter on cultivation, he says, “Some clematis growers prefer to remove spent flowerheads to encourage…<\/p>\n

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