Help! I'm in Zone 7 - Maryland, and I don't know what kind of
Clematis this is : 1, 2, or 3- which means I don't know if I should deadhead it or not once these blooms are spent. It's been in the ground for 2 years now. Everything from last year had died down, so all of this is new growth, which started sometime in March. This is a pic from this afternoon. Since I took the pic, 2 more blooms have opened! Thanks so much for any advice/info!!!

Hard to ID as there are so many purple ones. Most are Group 2's.

So do you think I need to deadhead it once these
blooms are spent, or should I just leave it alone?

I would deadhead if you don't want seeds?

I rarely deadhead right after the booms fade because I love the swirly seed heads, once these fade, I'll trim back lightly the branches that contained the blooms, clip out anything brown or overly tangled.

Looks like my H.F.Young in early spring, then it gets normal blue. Group 2.

Here is my HF Young. Blooms near bottom are deeper blue.