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Clematis pruning help
Hello - I'm looking for some advice on when/how to prune this clematis. In our previous house we had one which I cut down ever year and it came back lovely but from a bit of Googling I think this is a different pruning type, I'm just not sure what type!!
It flowered in May and currently looks like a tangled mess. Should I cut right back and if so when, or just a trim?
thanks all!!
It flowered in May and currently looks like a tangled mess. Should I cut right back and if so when, or just a trim?
thanks all!!
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You won't get the early flowers followed by a gap and then a second flush in late summer but you will get a later and longer flush all summer. I always did this with my group 3s in my last garden as they were usually frozen to bits in winter and had no surviving stems from the pervious year to flower in May.