"ZeroZero" wrote in message
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I have inherited this old clematis with roots as thick as a child's arm.
It has not flowered last year and this year their are no buds. I haveno
idea of the variety. Part of the problem may be shade as it is in a
passageway, but even those parts that have escaped over a wall into
direct sunshine have no buds. The previous gardener specialised in giant
brambles so i dont think its been cared for. I did put some growmore on
the roots last year - but zilch.
Should i hard prune, if so how?
how do you fix such an old monster I should hate to lose it

Zero

thanks




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ZeroZero

Sounds like a montana type, it should be in flower now, if its not but seems
otherwise healthy chop it back now and let some light and air in. If its
very old this may kill it but they die of old age eventually unless they are
cut back from time to time. If its not leafed out then its had it any way!

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk