Clematis: Tall clematis for summer shade?, 0 by Soulja

Soulja wrote:
Also I would put a little fence or screen around those clematis on the fence and prune in the spring. Energy is gathered from the foliage plus you can control them better. If you ID them, then look up the group they're in & see which ones not just survive, but thrive from a good pruning. Many are just hardy & survive whatever you do. Others just hate you & die... However, I bought this very sick looking Will Goodwin recently, which I thought was a goner, pruned him hard (meaning left the better stems and cut off all the leaves) & he thanked me yesterday!