Peter Thomas Associates Garden Design

Plant Maintenance Guide

These climbers produce their flowers on short flower stalks directly from a leafy axil bud. Because these flowers appear on stems produced during the previous season, pruning should be carried out as soon as flowering is over.
In the early spring of the second year after planting, cut back all stems to 1 metre from ground level.
In subsequent years remove all dead and weak stems immediately after flowering. Established plants 5 metres or more in height are not normally pruned.