Always hope for a Clematis as long as it has good roots. Give it some root stimulator to see if this will move it along. Wait a month & give it another helping of the root stimulator. Or you could go right to the Rose food & give it some fertilizer & see if it takes off. Since the plant had good roots it should come back. I have brought back a few clematis from rabbit damage with the root stimulator & rose food.

Alice...I agree with Mamoo..go ahead and prune her even with the soil line and give her a liquid feed and she should re-emerge...Clematis wilt is discouraging but isn't always fatal...Many a time Clematis can wilt and disappear a whole season or 2 and then to only emerge again stronger and better...Jeanne

Agree with what mamoo and Jeanne said. Give it time to see if it will come back. It could have suffered transplant shock. As long as the crown is alive and you buried it deeper in the ground than it was in its original pot, the plant has a good chance of coming back.

Agreed, patience grasshopper.

Thanks to all for the encouragement! I will possess my soul in patience, as my mother used to say...

Alice

Possess my soul in patience. That is a new one to me but a great one.

Sounds like 2 of mine that I posted on . I like that saying and will hold it close too. c

Isn't patience always the key word here?