COMMENT PLANTER UNE CLÉMATITE EN POT ET BIEN LA CULTIVER AVEC LES BONS CONSEILS D'UN PROFESSIONNEL

Based in the Ilex Arboretum Garden in Meung-sur-Loire (Loiret), Patrick Mioulane, editor-in-chief of NewsJardinTV, and Arnaud Travers, a nursery grower specializing in clematis and other climbing plants, suggest growing a clematis in a pot. First, you need to choose a compact variety that can live for at least 5 years in a container with a minimum diameter of 35 cm. MiouMiou presents the pot he chose, a new one made from recycled tires, which ensures it is highly resistant to weather and impact, while remaining lightweight. Our favorite gardener has pierced the bottom of the water reservoir several times to transform it into an air reservoir and ensure perfect drainage. Arnaud also emphasizes that clematis does not like overwatering. Our expert then presents some varieties particularly well-suited to growing in pots, including the Saphyra® series and a new addition this fall: 'Nancy, Jour de la Terre'. He also gives a simple tip for pruning them annually at the end of February. Our two gardeners prepare a light potting mix that they enrich with crushed horn and caps of chicken droppings. The plant is very lightly watered before being placed in the pot. After Patrick removes it from the pot, Arnaud shows off the clematis's new root system, characterized by its white caps at the ends. Our two friends place the clematis in the center of the pot, while retaining the bamboo structure that supports it. They fill it with potting mix, but without going all the way to the edge so that they can apply mulch (in this case, pine needles). Arnaud also explains the importance of choosing a well-developed plant with stems that are brown (lignified) at the base. He finishes by watering the edge of the pot, the water should not stagnate at the collar and repeats his pruning advice for next spring, while reminding that since clematis is an undergrowth plant, it must be grown in subdued light.