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Clematis Pruning: Timing Depends on Bloom Type

Prune to maximize blooms. Early bloomers (on old wood): light prune early spring. Late bloomers (on new wood): hard prune early spring. If an early bloomer is a tangled mess, cut below the tangle now—it’ll recover for next year. Named varieties make pruning easier. Resources: Fine Gardening, clematisnursery.com, University of Missouri.

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