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Clematis

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  Posted by AngelaWatson (U3126654) on Monday, 21st June 2010

  My clematis have outgrown the fence they have been growing up and are now all bunched up at the top. Can I just cut them back at the top in order to tidy them up or will I damage them by doing this.
  
  Also, I seem to have some clematis stems which have obviously not been tied in and are roaming amongst my flower beds, can I just cut off these straggely bits also?
  
  Many thanks

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  Posted by LeadFarmer (U13864996) on Monday, 21st June 2010

  Perhaps, but you could just leave them until they have finished flowering, then prune them according to their pruning group.
  
  I have purposely let one of mine crawl along the border, its nice to see its flowers amongst the border plants. It has now found a nearby tree, and is climbing happily.

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  Posted by Bally (U14470300) on Monday, 21st June 2010

  All my climbers have outgrown the fence and attached trellis. They are all sort of mingling together and looking really good. My only fear is weight and that they make the trellis come away from the fence. As I don't want to start cutting back at this time of year I will take the risk.

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  Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Thursday, 24th June 2010

  Cleamtis can be trained really, really well so that you do not get excessive weight here and there. It does have to be done with a trellis and the twirling
  shoots need to be wound round each other in orderly fashion.
  
  Same with wysteria; some people have exceptional skills at it, caring for the position of every flower!
  
  Grape vine does not respond in the same way, to winding round itself, and of course Russian vine grows so fast it is hard to know what to do with it, to make it orderly at all!
  
  In the words of Boney M : "Oh! Those Russians!"

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