"jane" wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:26:42 +0000 (UTC), "Jayne"
wrote:

~I have taken a photo of my clematis - I'd like to know what it is & also
if
~I can cut it right back as it is growing up our garage which needs to be
~painted - this plant is as high as the garage roof.
~You can see it here (hopefully):
~http://www.geocities.com/bramblebears/clematis.jpg

It's a Clematis alpina, and looks like a fairly standard form of it to me.
They are in pruning group 1, which means you normally don't, but my book
(RHS practicals) says you can cut back hard after flowering if necessary.
Then it has enough time to grow new shoots through the summer which will
hopefully flower next spring.


This looks just like one I bought last year, was un-named and part of a buy
2 get one free offer at a garden centre (the other 2 are Clematis Montana
types one white and one pink). I have mine growing in a pot at the moment
and it seems happy (it's flowering at the moment), it's against a north
facing fence and my neighbour has just replaced the 3ft fence with a 5ft one
so I'm wondering if there's a better position for it now and should I plant
it in the soil or keep it in the pot (18"dia x 18" deep) ?
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