A Friend's Clematis

My friend Keri gave me her neglected DR RUPPEL CLEMATIS a few years ago. It had been kept on her west facing balcony that hardly ever saw any sun. It had never flowered. It took another two years before she flowered for me!

Today, she went into fresh earth, and a larger pot. I'm hoping to get more than one flower a year!

She was clearly pot-bound, and the orange coloured roots went down and then back up again. I washed off the old compost and separated the roots, and planted up into the larger pot.

I've even nailed up the trellis. This was the first time in years I've hammered a nail into ANYTHING! She shouldn't have any grumbles now, her roots are in the shade of a large hebe, plenty of trellis to climb up, and fresh compost...