nursing a dying/dead Betty Corning?

18 years ago

Hi,

I got a Betty Corning, good roots, 2 stems with 2 leaves on each stem, planted it (2 weeks ago) and the leaves promptly (within 3 days) shrivelled up and died. Cut it back, the stem was green (now it's brown). I planted a John Huxtable at the same time about 15-18 inches farther down the same fence & it's doing fine, has put out new growth etc.

Any thoughts about nursing BC back to health? Do you think there's hope? What should I do?

Many thanks,

Alice

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mamoo_z5
18 years ago
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.
jeanne_texas
18 years ago
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
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nckvilledudes
18 years ago
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.
buyorsell888
18 years ago
Agreed, patience grasshopper.
aliceb_ma6
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks to all for the encouragement! I will possess my soul in patience, as my mother used to say...

Alice
nckvilledudes
18 years ago
Possess my soul in patience. That is a new one to me but a great one.
User
18 years ago
Sounds like 2 of mine that I posted on . I like that saying and will hold it close too. c
harryshoe zone6 eastern Pennsylvania
18 years ago
Isn't patience always the key word here?