HELP!

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Mar 02, 2008 3:07 pm

The new growth is well under way on this clematis Radar Love.

Do I hack it down to the ground or just prune off the old seed heads, or something else?

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Mar 03, 2008 10:47 am

Wow, we cut ours back in the fall and removed the seed pods for planting. I would recommend you do it quickly!

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Mar 03, 2008 9:27 pm

It didn't finish flowering until just before Christmas.

Problem is that all the clematis are twisted up together and some have reached the top of the trellis with just one stem, at the top they branch out.

Think I'll forget whether they are early or late and just cut them off at the knees soon, but snow is forecast..

baja220 · Post by **baja220** » Mar 04, 2008 8:19 pm

Radar Love is a group 3 so it should be cut down to just above a couple of good leaf buds in late winter and give it a dose of tomato or rose fertilizer. The snow won't hurt anything.

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Mar 05, 2008 6:22 pm

Thanks for that, we didn't get the snow, but has a touch of frost last night.