Well. put one in new this Summer about a week before a really hot spell, but watered it regularly, and also inserted a 12 inch pipe into the soil so that watering was made easier, and that the plant could suck up as and when it needed a drink. It's a late bloomer, so most of September it was glorious, had grown to about eight feet and was covered in buds and flowers. Then we had a couple of really rainy days and I didn't leave the house. And when I did? - Gone, all gone, sagging, dead and sorry for itself. I knew what clematis wilt was, but had never had it in this garden. Looked it up on the internet, and all descriptions fitted. So now is the time to chop it right down to 12 inches or less (in any case it's group is texensis, so either now or in Spring it should be cut down anyway) and check for dead leaves anywhere in the area.
Ah well, next year perhaps?!!
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