Is this Clematis Dr Ruppel?

Dr ruppel is the closest i can get to it on google image search but does anyone know if it is or not

As its a large flowered clematis should i be pruning in feb and after flowering in summer?

 

Hi Dips

Looks like the DR to me , pruning group 2
so you need to keep a framework which is easy to do , so NO hard cutting back as the more you cut off in eraly spring the less flowers you will have , and pruning in the summer as such but you can give it a tidy over but thats all and cut back some of the stems to buds may encourage more flowers.

 

Thank you spruce

What i did this year as i didnt know what to do was wait till the leaves appeared and cut out all the dead and it seems to have liked that

Will just dead head when needed this summer then

 

how tall is it at the moment and how long have you had it ?

 

Bought it last summer about june/july maybe it was finishing flowering really i got one flower from it once planted

And its on this trellis

http://www.wilko.com/screening+trellis/wilko-bird-trellis-plain/invt/0340497

And its about half way up so about 75cms i guess

 

its doing great , I had a feeling you planted last year , it would appreciate a mulch around the roots and a good watering can of tomato feed every week or twice a week if you make it a weak feed it will keep it flowering for longer , for some reason most people neglect to feed and water and especialy when growing on a fence or wall where the water very rarely soaks in

 

I always feed and it had a top up of compost earlier in the year when it started to produce leaves :-)

Just noticed the wilkos trellis is now £10 when i bought them they were £3 and that wasnt in the sale it was the standard price