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Clematis come in several groups based on their pruning needs. All three groups are generally perennial in zones 5-8
However plants can be found perennial to zone 3.
This site lists clematis by zone
http://www.chalkhillclematis.com/nursery...

Category I are not pruned
Category II early/mid season large flower types that require light pruning only.
Category III are herbaeous or non climbing as well as large flowered, and autumn blooming small flowered varieties that must be hard pruned.

In cat I are several genus including alpina, armandii, macropetala, and Montana. Both C. cirrohosa and C. armandii are evergreen, flowering by April or earlier. Many of these plants are zone 3 hardy. The earlier the clematis blooms the less it needs pruning.

Cat II includes only early large flowered cultivars. When most people speak of clematis these are the ones they usually mean because they have such glorious blossoms. Prune in February/March after the winter weather & the plant shows first leaf break. First cut all top dead material. Next scan the main stems for lowest strong paired buds. Cut above the buds. These can also be pruned back to half height after blooming to encourage a repeat bloom. The majority are zone 5-8, although there are some perennial to zone 3.

Cat III includes the viticellas, the tanguticas, the herbaceous group as well as late large flowered. These all flower after June and can simply be cut down to the ground after winter, in Feb/Mar. If they are unsightly in late fall prune to 3 feet or if they have a long reach to climb a tree prune to 3 feet and let them develop woody stems to spring from. They can be showy like Clematis 'Purpurea Plena Elegans' or fragrant as 'Betty Corning' or even bright yellow like 'Helios'. These are typical from zone 6-9.

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