Clematis: what i will now do differently in my garden , 1 by Hemophobic

Hemophobic wrote:
CG, another question. You may recall that I planted C. Rooguchi and Kilian Donahue this spring. You advised me (rightly so) to cut back by 1/2 and water well. I did and both are growing. In fact, here's a photo of C. Rooguchi blooming July 26. It's been blooming since July 5.

My question is should I prune these two new clems back hard or let them grow until spring and do the deed? I've researched and they're both group 3.

You've helped so many of us here and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I plan to order Niobe and a couple others as well this fall.

Angie