That's helpful, thank you! I have a few blooming now, which is a full month ahead of "normal". I need to figure out a way to mark them for future pruning. The problem is, I have nearly 100 clematis, and they are scattered everywhere, through every shrub, on trees, on roses, a few creeping along the ground, and several wound through each trellis or arbor.
So...this years' blooms is already off because of the way I pruned this spring. Next year, if I left them grow and take notes, I'll know the correct way to prune in 2018, right? That, and I can catch them blooming and have you all try to identify them for me, right? I do have some lists and receipts.
My roses, daylilies, iris and hostas all have name tags. I don't know why I didn't keep track on the clematis, because names and type really matter on them, and they don't matter on the roses and hostas. Iris and daylilies I label because garden clubs get REAL cranky when they come to tour and any plant is missing a name.
