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Clematis Carnaby is often used for vertical gardening and decorating summer cottages. With its help, they create interesting landscape compositions. Delicate large pink flowers covering the liana are able to liven up any background.
Description of Clematis Carnaby
Clematis Carnaby is an early large-flowered variety. The variety was bred in the USA. The plant reaches a height of 2 - 2.5 m. On long shoots there are trifoliate green leaves. Clematis flowers are often decorated with various fences, terraces, gazebos and trellises. However, the liana can also conquer natural supports: small trees and shrubs.
As you can see from the photo, Clematis Carnaby has graceful, delicate flowers, painted in pink shades of various tones. At the edges, the petals have a pale light pink color, and in the center they are brighter and darker, strawberry. The anthers of the flower are red-brown.
The size of the carnabi clematis flower is 12 - 20 cm. The flower itself is single, consists of 6 or 8 sepals. The width of the petals is from 2.5 cm to 4.5 cm, the length is from 5 cm to 7.5 cm.
In May, flowering begins on last year's shoots, which lasts until June. Re-clematis Carnaby begins to bloom on current shoots in September. In a permanent place, the plant lives for about 10 - 15 years.
Clematis Carnaby trimming group
Clematis Carnaby belongs to the second, moderate, pruning group. This means that in winter all shoots are pruned, leaving 100 - 150 cm above the ground. Pruning is usually done in October.
In the first year after transplantation, despite the indicated pruning group, all clematis are recommended to be pruned, leaving only 3 pairs of buds. This will allow the plant to take root and grow stronger.
Planting and caring for clematis Carnaby
Carnaby clematis can be placed on the north, west and east sides of the plot. In hot, overly lit areas, the plant does not take root well. The sun contributes to the burning out of the deciduous mass. Strong, squally winds are also detrimental to creepers.
Seedlings purchased in nurseries are stored at temperatures from 0 to +2 degrees before planting. When the buds begin to sprout, it is recommended to move the seedlings to a bright and cool place. This will avoid over-stretching the shoots. Young plants are planted in open ground only after the threat of recurrent frosts has passed.
The optimal time for planting seedlings of the Karnabi variety in central Russia is the end of May. For planting, a fertile weakly alkaline or slightly acidic loose soil with high water permeability is suitable. The distance between clematis and neighboring plants should be at least 50 - 70 cm.
Landing algorithm:
- Submerge the seedlings in water for about 20 minutes. Seedlings with a closed root system can be soaked with the container. This procedure will allow you to properly moisturize the substrate.
- Prepare planting pits 60x60x60 cm in size, drain the bottom with gravel or pebbles, sprinkle with rotted manure.
- Fill the planting pits with a mixture of soil, compost and non-acidic high peat.
- Place the seedlings in pits, deepening them 5-10 cm in sandy loam soils and 3-5 cm in heavier soils.
- Tamp the soil around the seedlings, moisten and mulch.
For the first time after planting, Clematis Carnaby will acclimate and grow actively.During this period, it is important, as necessary, to well moisten, loosen and weed the soil. The first feeding is carried out, as a rule, next spring.
As they grow, the shoots are attached to the supports. If this is not done, the growth of clematis can reach a certain level and stop.
Preparing for winter
Hybrid clematis of the Carnabi variety is recommended for cultivation in the 4-9th winter hardiness zones. It can withstand frosts down to -34 degrees.
A winter shelter for clematis should protect it not only from low temperatures, but also from high humidity. To prevent water from flooding the bush during thaws, a couple of buckets of humus are poured under it to form a mound.
The next step is to form a "pillow" of boards, branches, or trimmed shoots of clematis. Live shoots wrapped in any covering material are subsequently placed on this pillow. The structure is covered with spruce branches or leaves and covered with slate, boards or a wooden shield on top. With the onset of thaws, the shelter must be removed, otherwise the plant will overheat.
Reproduction
Clematis Carnaby is propagated in three ways:
- cuttings;
- layering;
- dividing the bush.
The grafting procedure is carried out before flowering. To do this, cuttings with 1 knot, 4 - 7 cm long, are cut from the middle of the shoots. To speed up root formation, the cuttings are soaked in a special solution for 2 - 3 days. The solution is made from 50 g of heteroauxin per 1 liter of water.
After that, the cuttings are planted in a soil mixture, for the preparation of which you need to mix fertile soil, sand and peat. The cuttings are deepened to the bud. After planting, the soil mixture must also be watered with a solution of heteroauxin. In the future, the cuttings will need regular, moderate watering and shelter for the winter. A transplant to a permanent place is carried out a year later, in autumn or spring.
To propagate clematis Carnaby by layering, at the beginning of summer in the soil next to the bush, it is necessary to form a not too deep groove with a length equal to the length of the shoot. The shoot of the mother plant is placed in this groove, fixed with wire and sprinkled with earth on top, leaving only the top of the shoot with leaves above the soil surface. Layers are separated from the mother plant after a year.
Bushes over 4 years old are suitable for dividing. With the onset of spring, the soil around the bush is slightly undermined, and the bush itself is evenly divided into parts, so that each resulting bush has 2 - 4 buds and a developed root system.
Diseases and pests
The roots of clematis Carnaby must be protected from moles, bears and nematodes, the leaves - from snails, aphids, scale insects, slugs and spider mites. Specialized insecticides will help to cope with such pests.
If powdery mildew has formed on the leaves and shoots, the diseased shoots are cut off, the plant is treated with "Karatan". Rust is removed with Bordeaux liquid. The fungal disease wilt causes drying out of the aboveground parts of the plant and damage to the underground. The affected parts are removed, burned, the clematis bush is treated with foundation.
Conclusion
Clematis Carnaby is an unusually beautiful variety, characterized by high frost resistance and unpretentious care. Even a novice gardener can decorate his garden with this perennial graceful vine.
