CLEMATIS LANUGINOSA CANDIDA 
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CLEMATIS, POT-GROWN 
The Most Decorative of All 
Climbing Flowering Plants 
Their cultural requirements are simple. They thrive in a sunny place 
in any ordinarily good garden soil if not too acid. An acid soil condition 
can be overcome by thoroughly mixing a tablespoonful of ground limestone 
with the soil that is to be filled in around the roots of each plant. To 
prevent cracking the brittle bark, as soon as the plants are set they should 
be tied promptly to their supporting trellis, after which the growth will 
twine itself. When the plants are established they can be well fertilized 
and mulched with manure annually with excellent results. 
Pruning. Except those marked with an 
asterisk (*), the following varieties flower in 
midsummer from the current summer’s growth 
and require little or no prunning. In late March 
or early April, dead w’ood and thin, spindly 
shoots can be cut out and weak growth pruned 
back to 2 or 3 pairs of eyes. 
The varieties followed by an asterisk (*) 
flower in early summer from the ripened wood 
of the previous season’s growth. They should 
be pruned back immediately after flowering. 
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