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Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52913 May 16th, 2006 at 06:03 AM
Joined: Sep 2005 SW Oregon interior Patty S OP Member
OP Patty S Member Joined: Sep 2005 SW Oregon interior	My daughter just gave me a Clematis for Mothers Day... It's a "Raymond Evison Clematis... BloomRite (trademark) Boulevard Series, Angelique (trademark) Evipo017". The tag on it says "Partial to full shade"!

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Re: Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52914 May 16th, 2006 at 06:23 AM
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johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	The roots should be provided shade with mulch or with some other plant or something. Otherwise Clematis should be planted in full sun. They LOVE the sun.

Re: Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52915 May 16th, 2006 at 06:36 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Lawrence,Ma SpringFever_dup1 Member
SpringFever_dup1 Member Joined: Mar 2006 Lawrence,Ma	Mine says partial shade too..Patty it is a Marie louise jensen

Re: Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52916 May 16th, 2006 at 07:21 AM
Joined: Sep 2005 SW Oregon interior Patty S OP Member
OP Patty S Member Joined: Sep 2005 SW Oregon interior	John, I do shade the base of Clematis, to keep the roots cool. I've always thought they liked full sun too, but just like SpringFeaver, mine says "Partial to full shade". I'm just confused as to whether or not we have a "different type" of Clematis!

Re: Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52917 May 16th, 2006 at 08:34 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	different varieties have different sun/shade requirements as well as different pruning requirements. as far as i know, they all have the requirement that the roots need to be kept cool - so covering them with lots of mulch, a large stone or planting something in front of them to provide shade is important.

Re: Clematis - which is it... full sun or full shade? #52918 May 17th, 2006 at 11:29 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Rural - Western Pennsylvania dodge Member
dodge Member Joined: Oct 2005 Rural - Western Pennsylvania	Read the directions on the box... I understand they love some half day shade. dodge

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