About this time last year or a little later we purchased2 clematis for our garden back wall and trellis.Over the last 2 weeks or one flower began at last to appear very slowly on one of the flower plants but didnt flower fully and then slowly died. Over the last few days the leaves of the flower now up to trellis on the wall started to go brown yellow black kind of and now it looks dead, though the stem appears to have life still.What could be the cause of this as we got plenty rain etc.The clematis flower is sown at the bottomn of the walland slightly shaded by a fuscia plant which has also always struggled with its leaves yellowish but never dies.There is another fuscia fhedging plant closeby on the same wall and this is doing very well with green leaves and growing mad.Curiously another clematis flower on the same wallis also slowly starting to flower fully and looks in good health.Why would you think the first clematis flower has failed and can it be rescued as doesnt seem fully dead on the stem we hope?Also any suggestions why one fuscia plant is doing better than another at the back wall?
About 2 years ago we constructed a new garden bedIn Autumn and Spring over the last 2 years we have saturated the bed with all kinds of perennial bulbs mostly purchased at Lidyl and Dunnes Stores.Now I am suspicious but not 100% sure that a significant number of the summer perennials that came out last year havent appeared this summer (even though it has been a slightly sunnier summer). I am thinking that only the additional summer perennials that were planted this spring are only appearing with last years summer perennial bulbs not appearing at all!All we did with last years summer flowers that grewwas cut back the stems in the autumn as they rotted.Can you advise or help me with why last years perennials bulb flowers may not reappear this summer yet?I am also wondering what are the best multicoloured,durable summer and spring perennial flowers recommended to last through the spring and summer and come out every year.We find that the perennials (with exception of gladolias) dont last too long and are not multicoloured with lovely blues, purples etc like the bedded plants. Can you advise here also?Finally finally whats the best spray in big quantityfor rose attack and flower attack and the best killerfor dogleaves, weeds etc in lawns? We tried A d50substance spray in the lawn, half killed the dogleaves but not fully.