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Group 3 clematis.

Richard HodsonRichard Hodson Posts: 790
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Don't forget........tomorrow, 14th February........butcher your Group 3 clematis down to the ground.        The St. Valentines Day Massacre.

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,023

    Oh dear, I did one early this week - was I too early?imageimage

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409

    Thanks for the reminder Richard - secateurs are sharpened and at the readyimage

  • IzzybusyIzzybusy Posts: 15
    What us group 3? I bought two reuben Montana last year which are now about 6ft tall; do these need hard pruning back?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,064

    Yours are group 1 which means they only get pruned to keep them in bounds and this is done after flowering finishes.  Montanas can be very vigorous so be careful to train the new stems as horizontally as possble to maximise flowering at eye level.  Give them a good feed of clematis food as soon as you see the first shoots forming.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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  • TooeyTooey Posts: 95

    Thanks for the reminder! Been out and hacked mine down today image

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    As Dove said in another blog Montana's grow so thick that even in winter ours still give us privacy on the lattice fence and are really easy to look after,

  • Angela YeomansAngela Yeomans Posts: 81

    I need to move my Montana, when can I do it.

     

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    Angela heres how and when,http://hummingbirdfarm.net/transplanting_clematis.htm 

    Good luck.

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