Clematis "Miss Bateman": description, planting, care and reproduction

English clematis "Miss Bateman" amazes the imagination with the size and magical mother-of-pearl of snow-white flowers. But the variety is highly appreciated by gardeners not only for its decorative qualities. Liana is unpretentious to the conditions of detention, tolerates severe frosts well, in one place the plant is able to delight with lush flowering for a long time - more than 20 years.

Clematis "Miss Bateman" is an excellent result of the work of English breeders, it is a hybrid garden plant with high resistance to extreme weather conditions and extraordinary decorative qualities.

The main characteristics of the appearance:

• The liana can reach a height of 2.5-3 m, and thanks to the curly branches, it easily braids any structure. Therefore, when growing, you should immediately think about the construction of vertically arranged frames.
• The medium-sized clematis leaves, which are 10-12 cm wide, consist of three parts and also twist, helping the plant to climb on the provided support.
• Clematis flowers have flattened inflorescences, eight snow-white or milky petals with a barely visible lettuce vein in the center.
• At the age of 3 years, the branches of the liana become denser and become more solid, and the accumulation of specific substances in the cell membranes leads to a gradual lignification.
• The core with stamens has a contrasting, dark cherry color, the diameter of the flowers is about 15 cm.
• A feature of the variety is the ability of flowers to sparkle with pearl shades in good lighting, and fade in the shade.
• Miss Bateman blooms for 3 years, clematis is able to bloom 2 times in one growing season, and retains its lush beauty until November. The plant is perennial, its lifespan is at least 25 years.

Liana has good winter hardiness and can withstand low temperatures (up to -34 degrees). Clematis is resistant to pathogens and harmful insects, but does not like waterlogging.

Competent planting ensures the flowering of the culture for 2-3 years, so you need to take this procedure seriously. Despite the fact that it is possible to plant a plant during the entire warm period, it is recommended to do this in the spring with an established above-zero temperature. It is permissible to carry out the landing in the autumn, but 30 days before the nighttime cold snaps. The landing site must be chosen taking into account the occurrence of groundwater - they should not be located high.

Liana loves the sun, but a little shading will not hurt. What should be avoided is strong winds and drafts, therefore, most often, clematis bushes are planted near tall garden trees that serve as natural protection.

As a seedling, choose ready-made two-year-old bushes and cuttings with roots at the age of 1 year. You can buy plants in pots and containers. In any case, the leaves and stems should be inspected to make sure they are free of any defects. With an open root system, you should pay attention to the fact that so that the plant has at least 3 processes and several buds.

Landing:

• Having chosen an elevated site for the liana, they dig up the earth, level it, make a hole 50-60 cm deep, the diameter of the ditch should be larger than an earthen coma with roots.
• The bottom of the pit is covered with drainage material - crushed stone, gravel, pieces of brick, to a height of 15 cm.
• At the same time, they put a support with a height of at least 2 m, to which the shrub will be fixed.
• A mixture of peat, sand and humus with the addition of mineral fertilizer and ash (120 g per seat) is suitable for filling the hole.
• The substrate is covered up to half the volume of the hole and, having made a small mound, the prepared plant is placed on it.
• The roots are carefully distributed over the space and clematis is buried, adding layers of earth, and tamping them.
• The seedling should be deepened to the first (lower) bud.
• In order not to erode the soil, you need to make a small depression in the near-trunk zone, where 12 liters of water are then poured.
• After absorbing moisture, mulching with low-lying peat, which is characterized by low acidity, should be carried out.
• Over time, the water hole can be filled with garden, fertile soil.

For quick rooting, it makes sense to immerse the clematis root system in warm, settled water for 2-3 hours. If a seedling with open roots is purchased, they are treated with a mash made of clay dissolved in water, which is infused for about 3 days, removing even the smallest solid pieces of rock.

Caring for clematis consists in regular watering, irrigation is carried out once a week so that the soil is moistened 50 cm deep... It is better to use warm, settled water. An adult bush takes from 12 to 25 liters of liquid. If the base of the bush is mulched, then you don't have to loosen and weed the soil. Otherwise, this should be done with each watering.

Shrub vine "Miss Bateman" has 2 trimming groupmeaning that for the winter, you cannot shorten the shoots as much as possible, since after that they may not bloom for the next year. Clematis begins to bloom only 2 years later, so all the branches of the plant, except one, are cut off only in the first year of the life of the culture.

In adult bushes, shoots are cut to a length of 1-1.5 m; in summer, old twigs that have already faded are removed from clematis. You can also completely cut out only weak thin branches, and for the rest you can limit yourself only to the crown. Wherein it is important to observe the uniformity of the haircut, and then you can achieve the renewal of the shrub, and the blossoming flowers will look harmonious... In the southern regions, minimal shortening is allowed, while in areas with a cold winter period, it is advisable to do this to the maximum, so as not to carry out the bonding procedure and the construction of protection.

By the onset of cold weather, a shelter should already be built for the vine. The preparation of the plant is carried out in compliance with the sequence of actions:

• After pruning, the soil surface under the shrub must be covered with mulch - compost or the top layer of garden soil with plant humus is suitable for this.
• From above, the trunk circle is treated with an antifungal drug and wood ash is poured.
• In clear weather and a temperature of -5-6 degrees, the liana is detached from the support, the shoots are twisted into a ring, placing pine branches, dry brushwood or leaf litter under them, and placed on a flat base.
• You can wrap the shrub with a non-woven fabric (spunbond), and on top, in addition, cover it with spruce branches and sheets of roofing, waterproofing material, for example, roofing material.

Miss Bateman clematis seedlings are not propagated, since hybrid and varietal plants do not inherit species characteristics. Vegetative methods include three breeding options:

• by dividing the bush;
• layering;
• by cuttings.

In practice, it is preferable to propagate clematis by cuttings. During the summer formation, foliar feeding of the plant is preliminarily carried out, and then fresh branches with the presence of buds, up to 20 cm long, are cut. They are taken from the side shoots. Before planting, 1/3 of the foliage is shortened. The seedlings are placed both in separate containers and, directly, in greenhouse soil with a top layer of sand. In order for the sprouts to take root, they create a microclimate, but they regularly ventilate and moisten the ground.

The division of the vine is considered laborious.... Divide young shrubs with a sharp shovel into parts so that each has a fresh shoot and several root shoots. You can breed the vine with layering - in this case, the lower shoot is laid in the ground, dug up to a depth of 6-7 cm, pressed and fixed. Usually, by the fall, a small rooted bush appears from each bud. It remains only to separate them from the adult clematis, and plant them in a permanent place.

Clematis of this variety are distinguished by excellent immunity to various diseases, but due to excess moisture they are affected by fungal infections, such as wilt, gray rot, rust, powdery mildew. Proper care, which consists of in moderate watering, weeding, loosening, fertilizing and mulch, as well as thinning bush branches, can prevent decay and the appearance of these diseases. Periodic preventive treatments in the form of spraying with fungicides will also not interfere.

Dangerous enemies of clematis are some insects - spider mites, aphid colonies. Acaricidal and insecticidal agents help with these pests. Slugs and snails that fall on the branches are collected by hand. If a nematode, a parasitic worm, has appeared on the liana, it is easier to get rid of the shrub so that this infection does not spread to other garden plants. Clematis is dug up and burned, and the landing site is disinfected.

The curly liana "Miss Bateman" with beautiful white flowers can become the main decorative element of the garden plot and adorn:

• arches, pergolas and gazebos;
• shrubs, trees and stumps;
• fences and fences;
• terraces and verandas;
• ugly building.

The plant is ideal for compositions in which plants with large and small flowers are used, roses, conifers, shrubs - deciduous hydrangea families, and pink flowers.

Miss Bateman is a popular climbing shrub with wonderful flowers, but best of all, this beautiful and unpretentious plant can be grown even by novice gardeners. With a caring attitude, clematis will definitely reward its owners with long and abundant flowering.

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