To give you comfort. These are the clematis I had wilt on me so far this year: snow queen, general zourski(not correct spelling), ville de lyon, and ramona. Fortunately, the only one that had the wilt totally was ville de lyon. I cut the wilt stems down to the ground. New growth should reappear in three week's time. The first year I had Nelly Moser it wilted completely. Now, in it's fourth year, it has never wilted since.
Dawn

I am pretty ignorant regarding clematis, even though I have quite a few. Didn't know what was happening to my clematis....I thought they were dying, so I would cut all those crinkly, dead leaves off and the stems to the ground.
What do you know, but within weeks new healthy stems were coming out of the ground. This goes on every year for serveral years now. Today, I am reading this thread and wondering.....Is this wilt? and What is wilt? and Why does it happen? Is this the right treatment? Would love to know what is going on and what I can do? Thanks

Wilt...no simple answer/solution. However, do read up on what the International Clematis Society has to say...

Bloomers

Here is a link that might be useful: ICS - Wilt

oops...click on "Care of Clematis" on the left, then select "Wilt" from the drop-down menu.

Sorry,

Bloomers