Clematis cutting back?

[Catseyes]

Hi All

I have a clematis burma star, in a pot that has suffered rather badly from all the wind we had end of last year. It is a prune code 2 so flowers on new and old wood. Thing is when I went to check on it today, it is all growing and flowering off one rather mangled looking stem. I dont want to lose it if I can help it...

Would it be ok to cut it right back to the ground level towards the end of the year? We have sold our place and looking for a new place with a larger garden and I am hoping to get it into the ground as soon as I am able...

Anyone got any advice please...

[WendyC]

I would let it flower and then prune it fairly low. It should shoot from the base. You can always use the prunings as cutting, remembering that clematis root from internodal cuttings, eg the end of the cutting should be a piece of stem between the sets of leaves.