Pruning early flowering clematis
The advice is to prune hard in Feb/March but a couple of mine are really starting to put out a lot of new growth now - suspect because of the mild January. Prune now (what my instinct is telling me) or wait? Thanks.
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Do you know which varieties you have?
This is the advice on pruning on the Raymond Evison website for this variety.
I think I'll prune next weekend.
Flowering:
Early summer to mid autumn
Site:
Any aspect - may fade slightly in direct sun.
Height:
4-5 ft. (120-150cm)
Pruning:
Remove all top growth down to 6" (15cm) late winter/early Spring. Pictorial pruning guide
Hardiness:
Zones 4-9 USA, Fully Hardy in UK.
i did have it in my garden and is a beautiful clematis
As already stated cut back basically to the lowest bud approximately 6” from ground level
I would also give it in early spring a sprinkle of blood fish and bone fertiliser and cover the base of the plant it with any type of bagged farm yard manure mulch