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Clematis problem
diggingdoris
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As most things in the garden are early this year I thought I'd better check with you all about my clems. The ones that should be trimmed end of Feb begin of March, have flower buds on already and it seems a shame to cut them off. What should I do please?
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Depends which ones they are. Mine were covered in buds too. The straggly Group 2 ones I've trimmed anyway. The non straggly group 2 I've just tidied up a bit. They will all get a tidy up after flowering anyway. The group 3 ones, such as Princess Diana, I am in the middle of cutting down to about a foot tall. The Montanas I won't touch at this time of year, but the 2 on the shed had to be pruned as part of the roof blew off in the gales and it had to be repaired.