With good choices and sensible pruning, you can enjoy clematis all year round — but when it comes to pruning, you need to know your groups. Clematis types come in pruning groups one, two and three, and each needs different treatment, says Guy Barter, RHS chief horticultural advisor. “The second pruning (after the first flush of flowers in early summer) is a light pruning. Clematis ‘The President’ (Alamy/PA)Flowering times: Early summer and again in late summer. Pruning group threeFlowering in late summer or early autumn on growth made that season, this is an easy pruning group, says Barter.

Source: Irish Examiner January 14, 2026 17:44 UTC