Many thanks to Paul, Emrys and Michael. On my way out with the
secateurs......

Daphne


"Michael Berridge" wrote in message
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Daphne Dean wrote in message
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We planted a Comtesse de Bouchard last year and it flowered very well.

The instructions say, "Prune hard in early Spring", but we don't know
what
that means. There are some woody stems at the bottom, and the first
new
This is classed as a group 3 clematis and you should prune right down in
early spring, I cut my group three down to about 18 inches, but the
specialist clematis nursery cut theirs down to about 6 inches. They are
vigorous growers and flower on this years growth. (group 1 are ones you
don't prune, and group two you prune lightly in spring).

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk