Pruning Clematis Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide

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Pruning Clematis can seem overwhelming! The most common cause of clematis NOT flowering is a pruning mistake.

In summary:

Group 1 - Early flowering NO winter prune, they can have a hair cut and a bit of a tidy AFTER flowering.

Group 2 - Bit of a haircut now, trim around the edges to neaten up and tie in to a nice shape and secure it to any structures.

Group 3 - Hard prune now. This will flower on this years new growth.

I hope this was helpful.

Sophie x

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[spinsterofthisparish]

If it flowers before June do not prune -easy to remember that one!

[sarahhallidayart]

thank you. this is really helpful. Just bought a group 3 clematis and wasn't sure what to do with it.

[Eternal-Student]

Thank you! I have an etoile violette that was AMAZING last year (I did add Miracle Gro!) It's mid-March and looking very dried out and messy. I am going to be brave and cut it down as for Group 3.

[BeeLZBeeb]

So do we always prune in spring? Same for all groups?

[lizputt]

I have a Rebecca Clematis that I cut back last year and have no idea what group she is or if I’ve killed it 🙁