Advice For Reviving A Clematis?
With respect to the query about bringing back the struggling clematis: when you prune in late winter/early spring, I would cut it back to about foot in height, give or take, but cut just ABOVE a pair of fat healthy buds. I would agree with the person who advised...
Advice For Reviving A Clematis?
If plant has received little attention Id begin gradually: in late winter or early spring, prune half of plant back to just above a pair of healthy buds. Next year do the other side. You can remove deadwood at any time but what looks dead may be green inside...