Clematis: clematis education, please, 1 by JeanneTX

JeanneTX wrote:
Mudgirl...When it comes to pruning..don't pay any attention to those sites..always go to COTW aka Clematis on the Web...Richard and Ian have the most wonderful site and their info is correct!!..You can always find what you are looking for by going to the home page and click on CLEMATIS A-Z and then click on the first letter of the name of the Clematis..for instance on the "R" for Rhapsody..your's is a Fretwell variety
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=393

One must be careful "What" they plant in front of their clematis..You don't want anything that has an intense root system that will overwhelm and kill off your clematis...Mulching, yet keeping the mulch away from the vines will serve the same purpose!!
If you plan to move Miss Bateman next Late Fall/Early Spring..you can prune her prior to digging her up...that is if she is new this year as I stated before I treat all my Pruning type 2s as 3s the second season in late Fall/early spring and from then on treat them as pruning group 2s

I have my Integrifolia Planted on a small Obelisk but you can plant them with any small shrub...letting them ramble through an accent ..they really are quite cute....here is my Integrifolia "Petite Faucon...Aren't the seedheads neat?...Jeanne