Someone needs to show this to the rest of youtube. THIS is how you do an educational/informative video.

This is the fourth clematis video I have watched this morning and I've learned more from you than anyone. You are like a neighbor who has come over to give me a hand. My plant came in a box, not a pot, and this helps me see I must pot it up and baby it for a bit before putting it in the ground. I"ll be defying the instructions on the box and follow yours instead. THANK YOU.

That's the kind of information we plant lovers need. Very well done

Loved this video, practical with good helpful advice, unlike so many others that waffle on indefinitely. Thank you, a man who knows his onions! 🙂

I've had rotten luck with Clematis. This is the most valuable info on Clematis that I've found. Thank you.

Just found you channel. I’ve found this so helpful, no more planting out and loosing supermarket clematis. Xx

Thank you for this video, and I am so glad that you mentioned Estonia. We are quite proud of our Clematis breeders and wonderful varieties. :)

I cant resist buying supermarket clematis &I have built up a nice collection over the years using my system.I soak supermarket pots in water for an hour &then repot them in deep pots burying a couple of inches of the stem in amix of JI3 & COCO PEAT, prune the tip &let them grow on.When a couple of lush stems develop,I give them dilute fortnightly tomorite feed &also a foliar feed once a month.The plants overwinter in a sunny sheltered spot.In late spring I plant them out digging in compost&then PLANT THEM DEEPER YET AT A SLANT BURYING A COUPLE OF INCHES OF STEM.I sprinkle Godetia seeds arind the base to provide shade @the rootsUsing this method I havent lost a single one in 10 years

I have just bought a supermarket clematis today. I am so glad to see your video before I plant it out. Thank you so much for your informative video!

Thank you for yet another really useful video.

I have lost several clematis and now I have a possible reason. Thank you, this was very useful.

Thank you. His was top notch. A wealth of knowledge in such a an excellent demonstration. I’ve had my share of successes and failures with clematis over the decades but now have a few more ideas to tip the scale towards the positive. . Much appreciated from the Rockies in western Canada where both the native and cultivars are just starting to wake up.

Thanks for sharing! Very interesting from Michigan ❤️🙏🏽❤️

Thank you for tour good advice. Regards from Scandinavia, Finland.

Literally a few secs in and I know I'm going to like this guy and how he imparts his knowledge. New subscriber now. Thank you!

I've learnt so much from this video. Thank you! I'm off to dig up my supermarket clematis I planted in the garden last month to transfer it in a pot . It hasn't been looking too well. Now I know why!

This is an excellent video! Thank you so much for all the useful information!

Excellent tutorial, even for an experienced gardener. Thank you, Ken.

i just bought ny very first Clematis 1.66 gal and i thank you for the very educated demonstrations

You are great at this! Loved watching. It all makes sense now. Thank you.

Thank you for this video. It is very educational. Just what I needed.

Love love love how you teach us that was amazing thankyou🌺

Very helpful advice, thank you.

Forgot to say... I really appreciated your no nonsense demonstration. Subbed for life.

What a great video, just what I was looking for. Loads of information there 😊thank you

This video is teaching me things. I loved every second of it. Thank you, Ken!

EXCELLENT TEACHING OF TRYING TO GROW MY SMALL NEW CLEMATIS!!! It will take years to grow a large ball root in order to survive!!! I will move mine into pots and place the pots on my winter sun porch in the winter!!! Mine came from a Garden Club sale so they already were quite long with long vines. I should cut these back this fall before I bring them inside. Great teacher! Best video I've seen. Exactly what I needed answers on!!!!! You are handsome, too!!!

Excellent thank you for taking the time to make and share this

Best teacher on gardening on you tube ,

Thank you for this informative video, I've been looking all morning for advice on baby clematis and you are the only person I've found helpful!

I learned a lot from watching this video. I hope to use these techniques to add to my clematis collection. Thank you for the good information.

such a great video.Took your advice last year and have 3 strong cuttings from same supermarket clematis.Always refer to this video if ive forgotton something.Presented in a cool calm british mannor,thankyou sooo much !.

splendid info

Glad I found your channel. I have 4 clematis coming in the mail....zone 7b USA. I planned to have mine in pots. Thanks so much, new subscriber here.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us very informative. I now know why all the clematis I have bought over years for the supermarket have never survived, I will now do what you suggested when I buy the next one thank you.

So glad I found your channel. I am gardening in Brittany for the first time. I used to live in Southern Africa and new to gardening in the northern climes. I love Clematis.

Thank you so much for an excellent video. I’m so much wiser. No wonder I’ve had so many failures with supermarket buys. Out of eight purchased last year one with good thick multi stemmed growth with lots of big healthy buds. Two others just look marginally bigger than when purchased. The remaining five dead. Much encouraged by you I’ve ordered a zip up greenhouse to start again. Thank you again.

I was quite obsessed for some time to acquire clematis for our yard, and finally this year I did get a number of them, currently 7 different varieties. Your video is full of great advices, I will follow them just right. Thank you very much, greetings from Lithuania!

Thank you so much! Very informative and encouraging❣️

Thank you for this informative video, I’ve recently bought a cheap Asda clematis - I’ll definitely follow your tips and keep my fingers crossed too 😃

Thank you, really helpful and informative. Much appreciated x

Very helpful Information 👍

Thank you for a excellent video so very helpful. I now know what l have been doing wrong for the last two decades. Much appreciated

Extremely helpful, brilliant 🌟

thank you for invaluable information i killed almost all my clematises and wondered what went wrong. i will try again with your wisdom.

Thank you for this useful video. Your knowledge is impressive. I have been growing clematis for 20 years, I like perennial and old varieties the most.

Thank you for this video. Exactly what I was looking for. I just got my first Clematis and been looking for tutorials on how to repot them and prune to give them the best chance of survival.

You are a great teacher.

Thank you so much, something else I wish I knew 20 years ago

Excellent info, new subscriber. Thank you 👍

Mulțumesc pentru informații . Din România

Perfect information. Thank you so much! 👍👍😊

Another good video Ken👍

Thankyou ! That was really interesting . I want more Clematis in my garden ! :)

Excellent tips, thank you! I put a young clematis diamond ball and it was struggling in the ground for the first season, I think I will dig it up and pot it gradually so it can focus on those roots first. My poor baby plant needs to be nurtured and I was expecting blooms the first summer I planted it. Shame on me but now I know better. Thank you and happy my new year 2022. Greetings from Houston Texas 🇺🇸 zone 9.

Very informative and helpful, thank you.

Just subscribed, very informative, I bought a Repens a few years ago from a chain store,when I moved i tried to find another as it was fabulous and wanted one in my new garden, I've searched the internet for it but to no avail, possibly because as you say it was an old variety. I will keep looking though.

Thank you, this has been very helpful.

Funny I just bought three plants and was wondering what to do with them, really good advice. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this informative video I now know why my supermarket plants always die BUT thanks to this video any future buys from the supermarket should be ok. I am hitting the big red button

Thank you! You’ve reinforced all my thoughts … about planting 3 in one pot. Simple easy to understand info. And bringing on the cheaper ones instead of the £15-£20 ones one from the garden centres…. Ohhh We’ve had Romanitka for about 10 years .. when finished cut to the ground a little bonemeal about November to feb and away she gos.. fed with tomato feed a couple of times each month and she’s covered with flowers oh and dead head regular! Thank you for the vid…. B 🤓

Thankyou ,I'm so glad I found your channel ,I now know why my plug plants didn't do so well ,I only grew them on until the autumn ,then planted out thinking they could put down roots overwinter ,I added compost to improve my clay soil , but had only a 50% survival rate

Very good info from Kingston Ontario.

Hello, Ken, it will probably be a surprise for you to learn that new selections are sold in Russian supermarkets, along with old varieties. The only drawback is the quality of the plants and the presence of confusion in the varieties. You often buy a “pig in a poke”, so the lover is always ready to return to private nurseries. Greetings and best wishes to you from Russia.

Oh well....i planted 2 supermarket clemitas and a jasmine couple weeks ago. They have all put on growth so im hopeful they will be okay. I like the idea of the pot with several plants! Very informative.

Thank you! So interesting and helpful.

This is great information. Turns out I did it right last year when I couldn't put them in the garden and just plonked them all together in pots. The only supermarket one that has ever gone like a rocket was Bill Mackenzie. It romped to the top of a 6 foot tripod last year and has only just been chopped down this week.

Hands down the best informational video on the subject. You also made me giggle a few times! Thank you 😊 All around a great video! This info makes me want to go dig up the two plants that survived our long winter, pot them up and put them in the high tunnel. I've had my ups and downs with clematis over the years. I agree that the packaging should have better planting and care instructions. Your video helped me understand why I've killed a few and why last year, the baby plants I planted made it through a long winter. I think it's because we had a good amount of snow before a hard freeze and the plants were insulated from by the snow pack. We live in Eastern Washington State at a high elevation in a pine and fir forest with a short growing season.

I did get my one from Sainsbury's, it's a pink champagne type. Thank you for the instructions 🙏🏻

Hello Ken, a year on I have collected almost 40 of these plants, success rate about 50%. Had some glorious flowers to see what they are because many don't fit the label. This is the best video on YT; your information perfectly delivered. I'd add: shelter is important, take a photo of newly potted labelled plants + original card before saving it. To plant them in garden soil, cut the bottom off a plastic pot filled with your compost to move easily.

Great video, thank you!

Thank you very much. I often buy clematis at lidl. They need one year to adapt, the second year they flower well. This is my experience with super market clematis. Greetings Marcus

Thank you Ken! I just finished watching your pruning clematis video. It was so helpful. I have 3 clematis that are finally getting established. It's spring and time for pruning. You gave me courage and I'll be going out tomorrow for trimming. I lost my tags and have been winging it. Last year was my best flowering year yet. It's unnerving when pruning time comes. I have a feeling this will be their best year yet! Thank you for advice and information! Love from Colorado

Very helpful indeed! Thank you.

Really super! Your video is just what I was looking for! I bought a 'Paul Farges' (clematis fargesioides) for a very shady spot (first 47 inches) and a 'Lambton Park' (clematis tangutica 'L. P.) for a normal sunny spot in my garden. Both were bought online far away from my hometown from a gardening nursery, more likely a fast selling company. The internet performance was just very impressive (loads of plants, perfect tools to compare or search, great descriptions). But both clematis are just tiny. I was very unsure how to plant them. Thanks to your detailed and helpful advice I know now that it's much better to keep nursing them till next year. Thanks a million for sharing your valuable knowledge 🌻💓👍🏼 ! Warm regards from northern Germany! Ps. You remind me of Bill Nighy (especially the tiny curtsy of your left hip) 😍😉👍🏼

Very helpful video thank you

Thanks. Looking forward for your new vdo.x

Update on my supermarket clemitas from last spring. Both flowered and i just let them be thinking i would loose them over the winter. One has done better than the other with several stems, about 5 all running up the fence. The other has 3 maybe 4, not as high as the other but both have flower buds. Bought 2 new supermarket ones a couple of days ago and i am going to follow your instructions with them and see how they work out 🙂

Thanks a lot. I found the information useful🤗

You are brilliant

Thanks for sharing and in a simple way that even I can understand! Lol

I like to start with small plants in the ground of my yard so the roots can grow and adjust to my soil, although I do mix my native soil with an equal amount of compost to give the plant some natural nutrition. Mine have done well over the many years I have lived here in Michigan, USA, zone 6a, with winter temps down to as low as -5 F or -20 Celsius. I have not lost any clematis. I plant mine in part sun with shaded roots and I add compost on top of the roots in the fall for winter insulation. Would try your technique if I had a greenhouse. Maybe someday! Still I thank you for your informative lesson. 😀

I am delighted to find this sensible video, after buying three last year from B&Q, six from Morrisons, and an evergreen from Homebase. Most are old names, with RHS AGM. (I did fall for a £10 Boulevard 'Bernadine' in full flower in a clearance.) I;m waiting to see a bud colour before lopping them because I don't trust many labels. Many thanks Ken.

I have Julie Correvan, Polish Spirit, Comtessa de Bouchard and Mrs Cholmondeley from the supermarket a few years ago all doing fabulously using this method and cost me less than a tenner! Patience definitely makes better plants!

Very enjoyable.

Thanks, very clear explication

Excellent video. I shall see clematis slightly differently from now on

wow what a guy , his style speed and pace is absolutely spot on , get him on gardeners world ,,, oh, perhaps not he had a peat based compost ,,, what would monty say 😂

Thank you Ken. I will have to stop watching your videos. Despite my best intentions to buy no more plants (I moved last year to a house with a shoebox of a garden 😢) , I just came home from the supermarket with 5 more Clematis! 3 (Princess Diana, Guernsey Cream and The President) of them were on my list to get “sometime in the future” . Well I have then now 😂 I have never lost a Clematis yet, despite mainly buying the tiny supermarket ones and putting them straight into the ground I am extremely fussy about picking out the best of the batch . (I go through the entire batch 😂) though and only buy when they are fresh in to the store. They mostly don’t look after them well IME. If they had any intention of watering them adequately, they wouldn’t use those cardboard labels which disintegrate if the get wet. Anyway. Tomorrow’s job will be cutting them hard back and potting them on - and probably taking a few cuttings at the same time 😁 Thank you again for sharing your wealth of experience.

I guess I’m very lucky I bought two of these from the supermarket and planted them so far it’s going on six years and they’re beautiful. They are growing up my mailbox.( northbeast, USA)

Hi, Ken! Your video was highly recommended by another fellow gardener! Wow, I’m so glad to have watched and learned! I just recently made a sort of raised bed amended with compost and planted Dr Ruppel. Would the same strategy work, keeping shooters pruned back for a couple of seasons? And boy oh boy, I can’t wait to pair two together in a pot! Thank you for sharing this wonderful information! Much appreciated!

Thank you. Appreciate what you say but I have numerous supermarket clematis in my garden. As long as you watch them and make sure they are sheltered and watered they seem to do well. I have lost one or two in the past but they are so inexpensive it’s not a tragedy. I always plant in containers not open ground.

Thank you

Thankyou so much 😊

Thanks. Grest info. Could you do one on those mini supermarket roses?

Its a joy to come across such an intelligent ,educational video so clearly explaining thingss ; as others have hinted there's so much drivel out there from people who haven't a clue how to make a useful video. Thanks. One question . You put clematis even three, in a plastic pot suggesting its probably fine even in frosty weather.. But what about heat? Some suggest plastic is not good for clematis because it needs a cool root environment. I don't really expect an answer as you made this video two years ago.

Very informative, also for bigger plants. I've planted three garden center clematis (Alpina, Montana and Viticella) this spring. Strong 1-2 liter root systems, but only two stems. So I've just pruned them back to the lowest leaf pairs. Hopefully they'll have 4 stems per plant soon, if I manage to keep the slugs away. I wonder how long to let them grow before pruning again, maybe another pruning is possible this year?

Smart and informative video. You didn't mention anything about where to place them like I read feet in shade is good.

thanks the amount of times i have planted supermarket clematis to watch them fail many times over

Very interesting video - you didn't mention the depth they were planted at in the pots.