Hi All,Have not been ib the best of health for a few months but on the mend now

Cheshire, United Kingdom

Hi All,
Have not been in the best of health for a few months but on the mend now,a (little) old age may be creeping on.
The joints are not asstrong now as they used to be.
Anyway,may I wish you all a Healthy Happy New year.
Now,If you can remember I sent in this question below in 2011.............."I have a Clematis "Little White Charm" evergreen that has been in the garden (ground) now for a couple of years,I never trim it back and now only get new growth coming from the top.
My question is do I trim it right back and when.?
There are no new shoots anywhere near the top 3/4 of the plant.

Dave.

21 Mar, 2013

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Seaburngirl

generally if it flowers mid summer onwards then chop it down now and it should regrow from the base. if it is a spring flowerer then prune back after flowering

if you are a bit wary of a big chop then cut 1/3 of the stems down and then as they resprout they will hide some of the bare bits. then another 1/3 next yr and so on.

21 Mar, 2013

Spader

Thank you for your reply,very wary would suit.
The flowers are starting to show now small white ones. so as you say i wiil leave and cut back when finished.

Many Thanks,
Dave

21 Mar, 2013

Worthy1

And once it's into new growth, give it a nice juicy mulch of compost as a reward. Clematis love it. That is a vigorous species. I suspect it wants feeding.

23 Mar, 2013

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