Show Is Your Pruning Most of your early spring pruning should be completed by the spring flowering shrubs and trees should be pruned after they finish blooming and the conifers or evergreen trees with should be pruned as the new growth states Melvin S. Area THERE ARE people who have clematis who wonder how to prune Timing and method of pruning depends on the particular clematis you are all new plants should be cut back to about 12 such as that produce flowers from June to fall on new wood should be given a hardy yearly or prune back to 1 or 2 THE VARIETIES THAT produce large flowers through the spring and early summer on last years and then produce smaller flowers on young wood should receive little Clematis in this group are like the Duchess of or the Mr Burningham says there is a group of Clematis that can be pruned lightly or according to whether you want a lot of a few large This is the group that the or Ramona fit CLEMATIS IS a very showy vine in the early They especially like six or more hours of hot sunlight on the but do prefer a cool setting for their This can be accomplished by planting them with a south exposure with a small shrub or a good covering of mulch to protect the crown and roots from high Burningham |