Hi It is Amanda Marie & mine hasn't come up yet. I have an extra Madame Baron Veillard (group 3, pinker than this picture of first bloom after arriving from Koi Garden Club on Ebay in September 07 & potted in gallon pot) Marie

Hagley Hybrid is a type III that should be cut back hard every year. Cutting Claire down won't hurt her either though it may delay bloom.

Thank you for answering me! Charlotte, I was impatient and after seeing only the reply from Buyorsell888 I decided to give it a try. I started with the one that was two clems in one hole , planted only three weeks ago at the base of the house. Dig it out, separated the roots: what I found ( I put this here for others searching the forum, maybe it's not of interest, but anyway): One of the two mixed in the same galon pot, and initially planted together, was strong, with 4 vines and good roots. One was weak, one stem that I also broke, and a horrible tangle of pink worms in between all her roots. No wonder it didn't grow.... I don't know if they were earth worms or something else, they were all very squirmy when I removed them. Gross! I decided I woun't get too sentimentally attached to this clems, and just planted them again. Not at the base of the house, where I also found that the depth of the earth was very shallow. I started but didn't have the heart to go on and dig Pink Fantasy out. She's 3 month in the ground, 5 foot tall, lots of vines and now quite a few buds. She seemed too established to disturb, I just put some manure in the hole I dig around her....When I started digging, I encountered some of her roots far away from the centre point... so she stays where she is, I can't muster enough courage to move her now... maybe next year. But after reading the reply above, I don't know if I want to kill her just because I don't like her color too much, where she is... So frustrating, I've never done gardening before, and now that I started, I picked up on the most difficult plants: clematis and roses.....maybe I should have stayed with some cheerful annuals and that's it...

I don't know if this will work for you guys but I was having trouble with Powdery Mildew on my roses and on the advice on someone who is very knowledgeable, I started washing the roses/clematis off with water twice a week. Supposedly it washes the spores off and I have to say that it has worked. When I am watering, I just wash off the rose and clematis foliage (and everything else for that matter) and I haven't had any mildew on Rooguchi or any other clematis. It's worth a try.... Carol