I posted the following on the clematis forum at gardenweb.com. Let’s see what the experts tell me. ‘Ville de Lyon’ questions – root competition, etc.Posted by stevation z6 Utah (My Page) on Wed, Mar 8, 06 at 13:44 I am an experienced gardener, but not with Clematis. Two years ago, I planted two bare-root Clematis…

I have two Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ in my front yard next to a little arbor entrance to the backyard. I think I planted them two years ago. Last year, I was disappointed to not see much growth from them. I worried that they might not have survived the winter, since they were weak last…

Many of my little seedlings are growing now: Cosmos: I have about 20 seedlings growing now, and every day a few more of the seeds sprout in their little paper towel/ziploc bag environment. I think they would have done better if I hadn’t had that one day that they got scorched. Some seeds are clearly…

Well, all is not lost in my little seed-sprouting laboratory. Yesterday, I transferred many seeds into their “cells” or little pots for growing. Here’s a plant-by-plant update: The pink California poppies sprouted quite well. They weren’t on the heat pad, so no damage happened to them. The packet had about 125 seeds, and I got…

I’ve been extremely busy for several days, and I just checked my seeds in the basement, and the heating pad was getting way too hot. The other day, the pad wasn’t heating up very well, so I turned it up all the way. Today, it was at 100 degrees. I think some of the little…

Today, more sprouting is going on: Salvia nemorosa: clearly beginning to sprout. Salvia transylvanica: hard to tell (I need either my reading glasses or to take my contacts out!). Cosmos: many sprouts now. Echinacea: don’t see any new sprouts; they’ve slowed down, and I think it’s because I turned down the heat. I turned it…