Don't know what happened but I didn't get the man that does my prunning and mulching to prune and fed my clematis in March like I usually do. It had and still has even more brown, dried leaves in the back of the clematis. It has finished blooming and all this 90-104 degree is going to make more dried leaves I'm afraid. Should I try to pick off the dried leaves by hand. I want to deep water it tomorrow morning, all around the roots. Just laying the hose down and let it slowly dribble out at the base/roots and get really soaked.
Can he prune it back in late fall and feed it then? It's a type 2..