Clematis: Revitalizing Montana Rubens, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
I don't feed my Montana Rubens anything. Mine don't have anything but a few leaves on the first 8 feet either. You can't see the bare part in the photo but it's at both ends so doesn't really show. I had thought that if it became too woody I would just cut it back and see what happened and sacrifice the bloom for a couple of years but I haven't gotten to that point yet. I'm loathe to recommend that to you since I haven't tried it. I don't know how you are going to disentangle the kiwi from the clematis though. That sounds like an almost impossible job.