It’s not always easy to demystify clematis pruning. Here’s a short list of clematis cultivars, as according to their pruning group. This list includes varieties that thrive in northern gardens located in zones 4 or 5 (USDA 3 or 4). And to better understand clematis pruning, check out this article.
Pruning Group 1 – Spring Flowering Clematis
- ‘Blue Bird’
- ‘Blue Tapers’ (syn.: ‘Cyanea’)
- ‘Burford White’
- ‘Frankie’
- ‘Jan Lindmark’
- ‘Joe Zary’
- ‘Maidwell Hall’
- ‘Markham’s Pink’
- ‘Pamela Jackman’
- ‘Rosy O’Grady’
- ‘Rosy Pagoda’
- ‘Ruby’
- ‘Snowbird’
- ‘White Columbine’
- ‘Willy’
Pruning Group 2 – Early Large-flowered Clematis
- ‘Andromeda’
- ‘Blue Explosion’
- ‘Charmaine’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo022’)
- ‘Chevalier’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo040’)
- ‘Countess of Lovelace’
- ‘Diamond Ball’
- ‘Doctor Ruppel’
- ‘Duchess of Edinburgh’
- ‘Elsa Späth’
- ‘Endellion’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo076’)
- ‘Guernsey Cream’
- ‘Hakuookan-yae’
- ‘Henryi’
- ‘H F Young’
- ‘Horn of Plenty’
- ‘Innocent Blush’
- ‘nnocent Glance’
- ‘Isago’
- ‘Jan Pawel II’ (Syn.: ‘John Paul II’)
- ‘John Warren’
- ‘Josephine’ (Syn.: Evijohill’)
- ‘Kakio’ (Syn.: ‘Pink Champagne’)
- ‘Kitty’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo097’)
- ‘Lady Northcliffe’
- ‘Mevrouw Le Coultre’ (Syn.: Madame Le Coultre’)
- ‘Miss Bateman’
- ‘Multi Blue’
- ‘Nelly Moser’
- ‘Ninon’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo052’)
- ‘Niobe’
- ‘Parisienne’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo019’)
- ‘Piilu’
- ‘Rebecca’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo016’)
- ‘Red Star’
- ‘Rhapsody’
- ‘Snow Queen’
- ‘Souvenir du Capitaine Thuilleaux’ (Syn. : ‘Captain Thuilleaux’)
- ‘Starry Nights’
- ‘Sunset’
- ‘Taiga’
- ‘The President’
- ‘The Vagabond’
- ‘Tudor’
- ‘Veronica’s Choice’
- ‘Viva Polonia’
- ‘Vyvyan Pennell’
- ‘Wildfire’
Pruning Group 3 – Late Large-flowered Clematis
- ‘Barbara Harrington’
- ‘Betty Corning’
- ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’
- ‘Duchess of Albany’
- ‘Ernest Markham’
- ‘Étoile Violette’
- ‘Hagley Hybrid’ (Syn.: ‘Pink Chiffon’)
- ‘Huldine’
- ‘Jackmanii’
- ‘Jackmanii Alba’
- ‘Jackmanii Superba’
- ‘Jolly Good’ (Syn.: ‘Zogojo’)
- ‘Juuli’
- ‘Kardynal Wyszynski’
- ‘Kermesina’
- ‘Kugotia’ (Syn.: ‘Golden Tiara’)
- ‘Madame Édouard André’
- ‘Madame Julia Correvon’
- ‘Margaret Hunt’
- ‘Mikelite’
- ‘Minuet’
- ‘Nubia’ (Syn.: ‘Evipo079’)
- ‘Paul Farges’ (Syn.: ‘Summer Snow’)
- ‘Perrin’s Pride’
- ‘Pink Fantasy’
- ‘Princess Diana’
- ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’
- ‘Romantika’
- ‘Rouge Cardinal’
- ‘Saphyra Indigo’ (Syn.: ‘Cleminov 51’)
- ‘Sea Breeze’
- ‘Stasik’
- ‘Sweet Summer Love’
- ‘Venosa Violacea’
- ‘Ville de Lyon’
- ‘Warszawska Nike’ (Syn.: ‘Warsaw Nike’)
It would be interesting to include a few common Clematis examples under each pruning group. That would make it easier for gardeners to identify their variety and understand when and how much to prune.
How can you identify the pruning group of a clematis if you don’t know its cultivar name? Are there any visual clues, such as flowering time or whether it blooms on old or new growth, that can help determine whether it belongs to Group 1, 2, or 3?
Hello from B.C.
I find that, as summers get hotter, my clematis don’t do as well. Is there a clematis that can take more heat than others? I prefer dark pink , purple, blue. I would prefer not to change to another vine; but if I had to would you recommend one?
Cheers,
Marnie
I have a small white fall flowering clematis- what group does it belong?
At the top of this article there is a link “check out this article”. It should answer your question.