Clematis care.

New house and there is a clematis growing up a trellis with a label which I think says 'Cholmondeley' It is deciduous (or dead although I think I can see some fresh growth).
What should I be doing to it please? Leave it alone, cut it down to about ground level or what?
Thanks.

 

According to a google search I've just done, Mrs Cholmondeley is a Type 2 clematis. Which means pruning it now

Below is advice I found on the RHS website, which describes how to prune them better than I ever could.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=346#top

 

That's great. I'll have a go at the weekend. Thanks for that.

 

Thanks for that link, I have been wondering when I could prune my Nelly Moser which is outgrowing it's space.