Canadian Gardening: Can we talk clematis???, 0 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
You just need to know the group of the clematis.

Group A ( or 1) does not need pruning although if it gets too tangled you can cut it down and it will come back nicely - just wont flower for that year( flowers on old wood)
Group b/2 flowers on both old and new wood so you only want to do judicious pruning of a bit of the old. Group C/3 blooms on new wood so is pruned back hard in spring or fall.

Ann just make sure you put the same groups together otherwise need to prune or not would be a nightmare! Would not want to plant an A and a C together personally!

http://www.clematisontheweb.com is another great site but you do need to know the name of your clematis ,