Beautiful re-bloom, Bob ! In California it is easier to have re-bloom than in my zone where the vines don't often have time to re-bloom. You are lucky to live where you can do this ! Bravo !
Suzy

Yes, by this time of year, we do not have enough sun to get really good reblooms either. And if preceded by a late Spring, even harder

Hal

Bob, gorgeous reblooms there. I too am able to get the same thing to happen in my garden by cutting back clematis after their first bloom flush. It works on type IIs as well as some of the viticellas. I plan on doing it on more of my viticellas next year to see if I can double my pleasure!

Do you have a closeup of the flower on your President? It looks vaguely familiar like one of my misidentified type IIs.

Yes Miguel, here is a closeup of a bloom which has been open for a few days next to one just opening. The plant came from a local nursery which gets its clematis from Donahue's. All of the eight that I bought from them seem to be correctly identified. The flower of the president looks almost exactly like the single flowers of my multi blue.
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Bob...that is a stunning trio...got to love the color combo!

I posted here in June bemoaning that my II's always sucuumb to wilt, dispairing they would ever bloom! Well I too cut them right back and now my Multi-blue has been blooming on new wood since August; my Bees Jubilee just this week rewarded me with four blooms..also on new wood. Henryii has just finished and Blue Light earlier but all four were only on new wood.

It has been an exceptionally hot and humid summer in these parts...I don't know if that has any bearing but I am definitely enjoying these late bloomers.

BMB

Bob..what a GORGEOUS DISPLAY!!!..Ain't Clematis just the "Bomb"~ !!..Living in Texas I can do the same thing with my Group 2 as well...and they seem to do better and better!!...thanks for sharing such beautiful Clems...Jeanne

Thanks Bob, I think that I have finally at long last identified my unknown type II.

BMB, good to see that another person in the colder zones has successfully been able to get their type IIs to rebloom on new wood after trimming back.

Hi Bob414 good to see someone from California on the forum I don't see many gardenbuddies from cali on here are you in nor cal or so cal?

Thanks for the kind comments. I knew I wouldn't have a true red, white and blue display but it's close enough. clematis not bombs, I live in Petaluma, Sonoma County, which is in Northern California for those not familiar with the area.

Hi Bob I live in cloverdale so we are neighbors you must have purchased your plants at cottage gardens or chalk hill now I know why your plants look so good I used to work at CHC never been to cottage gardens but when Katie from the forum came to CHC she always went there too happy gardening

I am a new gardener and I fell in love with the clematis vine after seeing one in a book. I purchased two plants from walmart in the bargain bin that have already bloomed. I have two questions: 1. How can I tell if I have type II Clematis? 2. How do I prune the vine to get it to rebloom?

Thanks

Toni, you really shoudl start your own thread rather than dragging one up that is months and months old.

To tell if it is a type II you need to tell us the name of it. If you don't know the name, post a picture.

Tonibaloney probably found this thread that is "months and months old" and dragged it up by doing a search, a practice that I see veterans of GW continually advising newbies to do. I know that tone is hard to convey in the written word but this came across as rather harsh. As a newbie to clematis myself I now feel intimidated to post questions here.

Hi
you can always ask a question here please do not feel intimidated there are no dumb questions when it comes to growing clematis.

I advised Toni to start her own thread because tacking a question on the end of an old thread isn't likely to get many answers. Especially if the question doesn't directly pertain to the thread that is bumped up.

I was not intending to intimidate.

Thank you for the clarification. I now see how it would benefit Toni to start her own thread.
As I said before, tone is very hard to interpret in the printed word. This site sure could use emoticons!

Oh well, live and learn.

BTW - I did overcome my fear and I posted a question to this board. It is "Which clematis to plant with climbing roses?" I have already received some great suggestions! Anyone else like to chime in?

Thanks,
Erin---

Toni

You can find lots of info on the web by looking at clematis nursery online catalogs & Clematis on the Web, which has a search engine by name, color, and a lot of other categories. Great pictures too.

Most likely the Walmart clems are the large flowered type 2s. Often the other types are harder to find.

Marie in ME

Here is a link that might be useful: cotw

I will bump this up instead of starting a new thread, to make use of what has already been said on the subject. I heard a speaker who cuts Venosa Violetta back after blooming and gets rebloom. Does this work on only type 2's or will it work on integrifolia, campaniflora, viticella, triternata, etc?

Clematis "Venosa Violacea", which I have 3 in my gardens is just like your "Jackmanii" and needs to be hard pruned/type 3 (Because your viticellas pruning type 3s bloom on new vines that are produced) ..I hard prune mine after it blooms and again fertilize and I get 3 sometimes 4 blooms periods..You can do the same method with all your pruning type 3s..Jeanne