I leave it alone until it is all leafed out and then trim dead stuff. there are
different clematis leaf out different times. Ingrid

DigitalVinyl wrote:
How can you tell this is still viable wood vs. dead wood? (it looks so
dead!)
When do clematis first show life? After frost date?


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