when do you prune clamatis?

Answer 1

haha, you dont prune clamatis, you kill it! it is an invasive species

Answer 2

I have always cut mine back in the fall of the first year that they were planted. This helps them to come back thick and full the following year. After that they need no pruning.

Answer 3

If they are small flowered, I don't prune mine at all unless its to keep them tidy. I do this just after flowering.

If they are large flowering, I prune them in early spring, when they have already started shooting. I prune mature plants back to about waist height.



Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Depends on the type of clematis. Clematis Cirrhosa and Armandii are evergrenn and I've always been told they do not require pruning unless they become too invasive

Answer 5

I have a couple growing. Been there for years and I have never pruned them. They just keep growing and blooming. Hostas are planted all around the base of them because Clematis like their roots in the shade.

Answer 6

Ive always done it in the winter and every year it grows back well. really depends on whether you want it to stay the same size, if not don't prune it. god I sound like my mother!!!!!

Answer 7

I've never pruned mine. Just cut off the dead flowers, generally tidy the plant and it flowers beatifully every year.

Answer 8

clematis which flower in spring require no pruning.Those that flower in early summer require light pruning in late winter and those clematis which flower from mid summer onwards require hard pruning in late winter/early spring.

Answer 9

You don't need to, just dead-head them after the season and they will grow back lovely the next year

Answer 10

Try the forums at http://www.suburbangarden.com/ they are geared more toward this type of questions