Summer dormancy and maintenance of Clematis

F series clematis dormant in summer

As we all know, there are many varieties of clematis, among which the F series clematis is a variety that will hibernate in summer.

F series clematis is more suitable for potted plants. It has many small flowers and will go dormant in summer. The noticeable manifestation is that the leaves will turn yellow or even black.

Maintenance of Clematis during its dormancy period

In summer, when the F series clematis is dormant, the first thing to do is to cut off the withered flowers, but keep the branches and leaves, so as to increase water evaporation. Please note that you don’t need to apply fertilizer at this time, but you can give it some rain.

Basically, by the end of August, clematis will wake up from dormancy. At this time, you need to trim the branches of clematis so that it can grow new branches again so that it can bloom again.