Clematis problem #2

Could be clematis wilt, and if it is don't plant another clematis in the same place.

Oh dear. I didn't think that they suffered from wilt. I've lost three non-evergreen ones recently. I just hope that you planted it deeply so that maybe it will shoot from the roots again. I am sorry - I know how I feel about the ones that have die on me! Give it a chance to recover. Cut it back and hope.

I had a summer flowering clematis last autumn which looked just like yours. I took a drastic step and cut it right back to just six inches high. Then there was the long wait to see if I had killed it. After almost giving up a shoot appeared followed by dozens more. Now it is bushy right down to the bottom and producing masses of flowers. So impressed was I that I will be attacking another this autumn. I got the idea from my mother who chops hers down every autumn and always has nice specimens. If it is wilt the shoots will wilt like they have no water.

I have just had to chop one of mine down which had Clematis wilt. See the pic in my pictures. I haven't looked to see if it has survived the chop, i cut it right back down to the very bottom, it was only two shoots. Clematis wilt makes the leaves go a very very dark brown, almost black and the flowering tips wilt like they need a drink.
If I were you I would chop it right down, and leave it, cover it over losely with something to shad it from any excessive heat or cold, like a few large pebbles with gaps for shoots to shoot through etc. then leave it till the spring.
May I ask what you have growing around it at the bottom?
I have an inkling that clematis and geranium dont like being in the same rooting area.
Lynne x