Pruning Tips :confused:

I have a early flowering clematis could you please tell me when the should be pruned.

These will normally flower between Apr - June on short shoots produced the prev summer. On mature plants the pruning would consist of cutting out all flowered stems to 1 or 2 buds (2 or 3 inches) of the framework as soon as flowering stops. If its the first year or second year then the pruning should have been completed in Jan/Feb to Build a framework for future growth and flowering by pruning back previous growth by approx one half and train into position required. Hope this helps. There is a clem expert on the bbc boards under the name of PLOCKET who has more knowledge re clems. Foz