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I have a Clematis Montana which didn't flower last year, and a mystery
jasmine which hasn't flowered either last summer or this winter (or
last winter, in fact)...

It said to prune the clematis after it flowered... so I waited as long
as possible to give it a chance to flower, and pruned both of them. Now
they are both quite, er, short, and I'm wondering if it was in fact a
winter jasmine and I've scuppered its chances of flowering!

What do you think, will either of them flower this summer (the clematis
hadn't been pruned in ages, I suspect, nor had the jasmine), or are
they doomed?

Katie the plantkiller...

Not enough to go on with the Jasmine, allthough heavy pruning at anytime is
not a good idea flower wise, best to cut the long trailing stems back
leaving a couple of buds at the base of each stem, now that you have its
size reduced it should be easier to cope with.
Clematis montana should be cut back if required in June just after flowering
when you can be very severe, cutting back now is likely to have removed all
this years flowers although you may get a few late summer ones.
All that said it is sometimes better to bite the bullet and get things cut
back to a reasonable size after which they can be controlled at the correct
time.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)