Vianne Siu, creative director at Flower Actually, claims that Group 3 clematis are ‘the ideal candidates’ for winter pruning as they ‘thrive when pruned hard’ ahead of the new growing ...

Pruning must be done in early spring before new growth is visible ... Flowers appear on new growth. Prune every year in late winter or early spring before growth occurs. Cut stems back to a viable ...

There are many varieties of clematis, some evergreen and some deciduous, which flower at different times of the year and need pruning in a specific way to keep them at their peak, to stimulate ...

Pruning regimes for clematis vary according to their flowering ... stems down to five or six leaves from a main branch. In winter cut back the summer-pruned sideshoots again to leave two or ...

The Which? Gardening experts grew and compared 24 early to mid-summer-flowering clematis varieties, 11 winter-flowering ones, 10 patio ones for pots, 25 late-summer flowering ones and 22 ...