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Clematis ID and advice
NormandyLiz
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Could anyone identify this clematis for me?
It was already here when we moved in and it's planted in a totally inappropriate and annoying place, with an ornamental currant. I would love to reduce the size of the ribes - it's not had a good prune since we've been here - but doing so would mean removing most of the clematis.
The clematis has been there quite some time and it is impossible to get to the root, so moving it is out of the question. If, as I suspect, it is a Group 2, how robust would it be if I pruned it fairly hard in order to prune the ribes, and would you do this in early spring?
I'm not thinking of pruning the ribes now, by the way, but seeing the clematis flowering now reminded me that I need a plan for next spring.
The clematis, it flowered during the summer and is again now.
On my phone that shows as quite pink. It is a deepish blue with lines of purple.
and the ribes it is with
Thanks for any thoughts
It was already here when we moved in and it's planted in a totally inappropriate and annoying place, with an ornamental currant. I would love to reduce the size of the ribes - it's not had a good prune since we've been here - but doing so would mean removing most of the clematis.
The clematis has been there quite some time and it is impossible to get to the root, so moving it is out of the question. If, as I suspect, it is a Group 2, how robust would it be if I pruned it fairly hard in order to prune the ribes, and would you do this in early spring?
I'm not thinking of pruning the ribes now, by the way, but seeing the clematis flowering now reminded me that I need a plan for next spring.
The clematis, it flowered during the summer and is again now.
On my phone that shows as quite pink. It is a deepish blue with lines of purple.
and the ribes it is with
Thanks for any thoughts
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Anyway Group 2 can be pruned very hard all the way down to 30cm if you wish ,the same as group 3. More of a rejuvenation prune they can get into a tangled mess
Yes, it is a tangled mess so if it's ok with a hard prune that would be great to sort that out too. I've not had anything other than montana, so others are a bit of an unknown for me. Time to learn!