The pearlite is important for potted plants to aid in drainage, while retaining moisture. In the soil it is less important because the surrounding soil provides the same effect.

Glad to hear they do fine in a plastic pot!!!...Ive got fabric grow bags here ,but no clay or ceramic pot......They come in plastic pots and seem to b healthy..Thanks for your info !!!

@@KathgoKat you are welcome. We are all here to be better gardeners and we can learn a lot from one another 🥰

@@RvW1985 Me too... The kind of prices they charge for those big pots in garden centres, even in their sales, is eye-watering. As a pensioner on a limited budget, plastic has to do. And they are easier to move around.

Thanks for this. I just bought 4 varieties of clemantis & was a bit worried for I can only afford plastic pots 😅..

Thanks for that. I have a plastic container for a newly purchased clematis but learned on u tube plastic no good 🫤

Yes, you can. I have been doing that for years. Use some type of basestructure though in the pot, so that if you want to remove it after pruning you can without it bendig and snapping the plantbase, but better to leave it in place. Put a big dish under the pot and preferably put companionplants in pots around to keep it cool or frostprotected. With heavy frost cover with straw and f.e. cardboard. Turn the dish upside down so critters still can not enter but excess water can not build up. Campanula goes very well with Clematis, is low maintenance ánd can be tricked into climbing so it will covers the bigger pots. Also good to plant directly in the Clematiscontainer. Lavendula is another. Cloverbulbs in shallow pots. Helping polinators.

I bought 2 clematis and I needed some informations about their care.Thanks for the useful video

For clematis, group 2 big flowers specifically, clematis wilt is a really big problem. When you bury the crown a couple of inches, even if the above ground part wilts, the new shoots would come out from the buried crown and your clematis survives.

Возможно стоит закопать горшок в землю на зимнее время, или поместить в прохладное место. В горшках намного сложнее выращивать чем в открытом грунте.

I would put it in the ground and buy a new one in the spring for your pot. Alternatively you totally can bring them in into a warm room and they will even bloom during your long winter. They may need some additional light though... Do not overwater and give them miracle grow, they will love you 4 this... also 3rd way: bring them inside in a cold storage, let them go dormant during the winter, but do not freeze them to death so the unheated garage wouldn,t work unless you are zone 6... cold storage with minimum light, but water them from time to time

Rachel, as an industry we are moving that way, please read this for more information. hta.org.uk/news-current-issues/news-current/news/growing-media-taskforce-announces.html

Hi, The Pink one is Clematis Sarah Elizabeth and the pale blue is Clematis Tranquilite both will grow to about 1-1.5m.

He said ‘to ensure the root ball is wet through’. I soak every plant at planting time; you do not ant to start wtih dry roots.

Lenilen is correct, i always soak my plants before planting in containers or the ground, you'd be amazed at how much water soil will pull away from the root ball, never too much initially.

Just cut them. At the end of flowering season you are meant to give clematis good, hard prune. I cut my Jack Manii in February leaving only 2 inches above the ground and it is already over 7 feet tall, growing very fast and flowering season hasn't started yet. Consult which pruning group your clematis belongs to and cut and change the obelisk at the same time.

Razi speaks sense, most clematis will be okay with a hard prune regardless of type, you may just miss out on flowering for a season.

One of the heavy glazed pots you get from most good garden centres, if it's heavy it will do the job!

Both if not all of your purchases will grow beyond their 1-1.5m height if they are not pruned but then you will loose the compact habit and will encourage a more open plant. There are many more clematis to choose from if you require larger coverage, look at viticella types which could be planted with these as companion planting, these for lower down and the viticella for above, both can be hard pruned. viticella also flower a little later so will give you an extended display.

@@newleafplantsltd7956 great, thank you.

You would need drainage holes or the water will rot the roots and kill the plant, good luck anyway.

Great idea, add drainage, and do not leave such pot outside if your winters r cold. The pot would break from freeze

I think i'd leave it for this year and hard prune in readiness for next year once all the flowers have gone over.

@@newleafplantsltd7956 so do you mean for me to hard prune before I put it away for the winter in my garage then, or as soon as all the flowers are gone? TIA

@@BarbaraAnne51 I would prune before you put it away for winter, makes it easier to move and will not harm the plant. The plant will shoot away in spring and produce flower buds on the new growth.

We had a cold last winter with snow for a few months and mine looked dead but has survived and is already blooming and looks wonderful now.....I had it under the eaves on the patio but got to 2 degrees for quite awhile

@@bobjolly7795 might try it..though it is very cold here...perhaps can move the planter into unheated shed

Hi John, the answer is to move them to a sheltered position over the worst weather, clematis like to over winter in very dry conditions so if you can offer this i'm sure all will be well.

I would not risk it here in MN, zone 4b. Bury either in the pot or without and cover them, or bring in into a garage. But do not super freeze them, i lost at least two due to harsh winters