ohh im sorry! Id be sooo mad! I dont know whhat woulda done that, but id set a trap andget rid of him, for sure!

If the cuts are cut cleanly at an angle - it could be a rabbit.

Thank You! Yes they are cleanly cut on an angle.What a dumb rabbit,the vegetable garden is on the other side of the yard,I wouldn't have cared if he chewed the chard!I had read that clematis doesn't get eaten because of a toxin it emits,I guess he didn't read that!

I had this happen twice this summer to one of the many clematis I grow on my neighbor's fence. The same clematis both times. The first time I raised the protective fencing around the bottom of the clematis. The second time it was frustrating but since this was the first year's growth I considered it as help with the pruning. Both times it happened just as the plant was starting to flower.

I think it was rabbits as well.