climber question

[piratecat]

i planted a climber next to south facing trellis last mid summer.It had been bought the previous autumn as a little stumpy plant. It grew about 12 long stems which i trailed up the trelis last summer. Other than that nothing really happened, no leaves really sprouted.

Becuase it had grown i didn't cut it back, and now it's started to grow leaves, but it's still so sparse. If i cut it right back now would it grow more stems, or should i cut it back a bit, or leave it.

It's either a jasmin clematis or honeysuckle, i know i know, but i can't remember!

I'd wait and see what it is. Some clematis flower on last year's growth, so if you chop it down now you may have to go without the flowers. That said, if it produced 12 long shoots all at once I doubt it's a clematis (they're usually slower to bulk up) and suspect it's most likely to be a honeysuckle.

Can you post a picture? The MN gardeners will then try to identify it.

hmm i just looked again, it has about 8 main long shoots going up about 5-6ft. Some shorter prong type ones near the base.

dark clumps of leaves. i can't do a pic at the moment. the shoots are dry grey colour! Shoud i have cut it back after that bit of growth last year i wonder.

As it only grew that amount last year i wasn't sure!! I guess i shuold see what happens flower wise?

I just thought honey suckle grew like mad, but maybe i will get that this year? The ground is poor tho, a fairly new garden whcih contains more stones and builders rubble than soil tho i did dig in alot of compost where i planted it.

oh thankyou for answering !