raymond evison clematis tsv

on wednesday the tsv will be the raymond evison tsv but you can order early by placing your order today..
i wonder if you will get it desptched quicker.

I wonder who''ll be fiddling with Raymond's clematis? :tongue:

ohh whats the number please

They're only tiny plants though.

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.a...mc=Email-_-May-_-Raymond Evision-_-Main Image

Morrisons are selling clematis much bigger than that for £1.79

clematis can be really difficult to grow but raymond evison ones are very sturdy and i have not lost one yet.
i currently have around 10 beautifull plants in tubs and they come up every year.
you can buy cheaper clematis but they may be prone to "clematis wilt" and other problems raymond evison clematis are very strong and less likely to die.

Having grown clematis for some 20 years I'd say it's really hard to lose one to be honest.

I foolishly brought one of his POD 3 years ago and I can still remember the shock when I opened the box. 3 TINY plants with no more than 5 leaves on each in pots so small I almost needed a magnifying glass to see them and even though I have grown clematis for years and gave them all the love and devotion any plant could ask for they STILL went to meet their maker in the heavenly garden after just 3 or 4 months.
So buyer be ware you have been warned, save your money and get some decent sized plants else where.
If you want the latest "just released at Chelsea" that will be QVC's selling point then wait untill it reaches a garden center near you and then you will at least see what you are getting for your money, and they will be able to advise if it is right for your soil and conditions.

Decent sized clematis are a lot cheaper now than they used to be in many garden centres, I suppose they've improved the rate of propagation. Planting them deep so that the soil comes a couple of inches up the stem will reduce the risk of it dying from clematis wilt.

It is new introduction that is been launched at Chelsea.

grovesy said:

It is new introduction that is been launched at Chelsea.

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Still doing the same old story - launched at Chelsea and according to this year's reviews they are tiny

http://www.qvcuk.com/Raymond-Evison...ER-_-3&relType=INTELLIGENTOFFER&refLocation=3

. I bought some last year and they are hanging on with a few leaves and that is the second lot that they sent me.

I bought some Raymond Evison clematis from Q several years ago ( before I had seen the light about Q's plants) and they too were tiny. It took them at least 3years to get themselves going, but I have to admit they now flower profusely every year. I do feed them a lot, although not with Flower Power as I refuse to line RJ's pockets. Childish I know, but he really gets on my wick.

All the large flowered clematis can get wilt, no matter who bred them. It's how you manage them that helps prevent it by planting them deeply with part of the stem underground, so that if they wilt they can throw up new shoots from the buried stem, & keeping them well watered especially in the first year.
Even if they do get affected by wilt, they'll come back if planted deeply, watering with diluted fungicide can speed up recovery.
The trouble with the tiny plants that QVC sell is that they need a lot of cosseting to get them to a decent enough size to be able to plant them out properly. All clematis, even if doing what seems well in pots, are only showing a fraction of their growing & flowering potential till they are planted in the ground.
I've got loads in our big garden, must be well over sixty now, bought from all over the place, garden centres, specialist clematis nurseries where you can buy very big ones but they cost a lot ( Caddicks is an eye opener to see stunning ones) but I've also bought loads of the Morrisons ones. If you keep your eye open they get lots of the more unusual ones in. They are a bit small, though far, far bigger than Q's, but if you grow them on a bit for a year transferring them to bigger pots, you can have a good sized plant for putting deeply enough in the garden.

I've never been tempted by Q's feeble offerings, famous name of not. As others said, they turn up in garden centres. Year down the line at much better value.

@breeze. My favourite patio clematis is showing signs of wilt though it is flowering. I sprayed it with Bordeaux mix last week. It is throwing up some new stems as well but these are not looking too healthy so is a light watering with the Bordeaux mix in order.
If it survives perhaps I should repot it into a plastic pot as it is in a clay pot and I have to water it a lot as it dries out

Maybe the Peony flahs woman will come down from Shropshire to give him a phalenopsis!

HoodedClaw said:

I wonder who''ll be fiddling with Raymond's clematis? :tongue:

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I always struggle with the summer flowering ones with wilt so i no longer by them, stick to early or late flowering ones less chance of problems and always buy established plants from garden centers each to their own of course, not buying plants from qvc now, rarely watch cant stand the little gnome.

iloveshopping said:

@breeze. My favourite patio clematis is showing signs of wilt though it is flowering. I sprayed it with Bordeaux mix last week. It is throwing up some new stems as well but these are not looking too healthy so is a light watering with the Bordeaux mix in order.
If it survives perhaps I should repot it into a plastic pot as it is in a clay pot and I have to water it a lot as it dries out

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If it's got wilt on one stem they will all succumb, you can't stop the ones above ground from catching it, but you can save the plant. Spraying the stems & leaves doesn't work as the fungus will already be inside them. The best thing to do is cut the stems, all of them, right down. I know it's heartbreaking but it's the best way. Then you need to water the plant with the fungicide. Give it a good soaking.
As it's in a pot, you might be better to cut the stems down to about six inches above the compost surface, rather than to the ground like you would in ones planted out. Just incase there's not much stem under the soil, did you plant it deeply? At least five or six inches deeper than in it's original pot?
Put it in a bigger pot so you can bury it deeper. It will give the roots more room too, clematis are thirsty, greedy plants.
Plastic is better than clay as water can't evaporate as quickly. It's a good idea, once it's growing again, to put something on the surface of the pot to help stop surface evaporation & to shade the roots, they like a cool root run. Gravel or chippings, even a few stones will do.
To help prevent it happening again, water it next spring with your fungicide as it's beginning to put on growth. They usually grow out of it once they're well established, though you can still get the odd case of it, especially with ones grown in pots.