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Can anyone name this plant?
charlottep
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Looking to identify this plant in our new garden.
Thanks!
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It looks to me like a rather tangled and venerable Clematis Montana. When we see the flowers we'll probably be able to make a good stab at which one.
After it's flowered this spring we'll help you to give it a good seeing to so it's a bit more controlled and is able to look it's best.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree Dove.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Thank you Dove, and Punkdoc. Super helpful. I'll post again once it's flowered!
I think I spotted a very similar one at a clients property. Will you be pruning it?
How do you prune it?
All the way to the twisted stem?
Pruning Montana can be tricky. What should be done periodically is the removal of some of the oldest shoots right back to source. A hard chop, although occasionally sort of successful, can result in the whole plant turning up its toes. Otherwise, after flowering, a tidy up is usually all that is needed.
H-C