Clematis: Clematis chat continued, 1 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
marie... If newly planted this year or just planting this fall, cut back to leave a few nodes. (above ground), this will put the winter growth into deveolping roots and in spring new branching. (reguardless of A,Bor C) Next year can refer to reg. prunning for type A,B or C. This helps to bring about more branching so growth is fuller sooner than not doing such. Pix above is a great example. I did cut back after planting and in 3 years looked great. Several of those that were not cut back only had 1 or 2 stems. Also the trick of planting several nodes deep further help braching at a young age. Hope that helps. Kathy.