If you give it a good feed of slow release clematis, rose or tomato fertiliser next spring and make sure it doesn't get thirsty it should revert to normal flowering patterns, especially if you dead head and feed again when the first flush in May/June finishes. The key is to make sure it doesn't get thirsty.
Alternatively, you could treat it like a group 3 and cut it back in spring but still give it a good feed and it will flower for a longer period from about July to September. I did this with my Group 2s in the last garden as their tops were often frozen to death anyway in bad winters.
As for snails, we have them here in this hot, dry garden so don't assume they're not busy just because the weather's been dry. I can collect them by the dozen very easily whereas in my last garden - wetter central Belgium - it was slugs.
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Glad it's doing well @Davewalsh29 They often flower at random times, outside of the norm too, especially if they've been cut back at a different time. I wouldn't worry about it, and as @Obelixx says, you can treat them as Group 3 if you wish. Otherwise - it should flower at around the usual time next year.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks so much guys. Would like to try treat it as a group 3 (didnt realise you could do that depending on when you cut it back) because I love the flowers it produces, so the longer I can have it flowering the better 👍
Feeding when you prune and then making sure it's never thirsty will be the key. Worked for me with Nelly Moser which I pared with a Rahvarinne (group 3) so they flowered together. I has Silver Moon ans Sunset paired in another spot but they were nearly always frozen down to the crown or left very sparse so always pruned hard as group 3.
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Alternatively, you could treat it like a group 3 and cut it back in spring but still give it a good feed and it will flower for a longer period from about July to September. I did this with my Group 2s in the last garden as their tops were often frozen to death anyway in bad winters.
As for snails, we have them here in this hot, dry garden so don't assume they're not busy just because the weather's been dry. I can collect them by the dozen very easily whereas in my last garden - wetter central Belgium - it was slugs.
They often flower at random times, outside of the norm too, especially if they've been cut back at a different time.
I wouldn't worry about it, and as @Obelixx says, you can treat them as Group 3 if you wish. Otherwise - it should flower at around the usual time next year.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...