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I have a young montana which i haven't put proper support up for yet, how much can i prune it back without hurting it? also there's a neighbours montana that grows up over the back of our garden through our fig tree, it's beautiful but HUGE again, want to give it a good prune but don't want to hurt it, it even broke a branch of our tree, my guess is it's never been pruned
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i know philippa i so love it but i'm awatre of it's out of hand habit...
I had to prune mine this year as it got to heavy for the support .If its a young one leave until a bit strong before pruning.
Prune after flowering, harder you prune the more it loves it but let it grow a bit first.
When it has flowered, cut it back as much as you want to - mine is very forgiving! I didn't prune it (other than soft stems) for the first 5 years of it's life - still flowers profusely though! Lovely!