does clematis need fertilizer
Making Nutrients Available. Before adding fertilizer to your clematis, ensure it can get to the nutrients you add. Soil pH controls the availability of nutrients. Most plants thrive with soil pH in the slightly acidic range, where the majority of nutrients stay in forms plants can absorb.Clematis are not exceptions.ften called the Queen of Vines, clematis (Clematis spp.) varieties provide blooms from spring's earliest days until autumn's close. From delicate, alpine blossoms to dinner-plate-size hybrid blooms, the vines grace gardens from U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9.