Cut back early flowering plants

Rosa ‘Complicata’ This flowered well, but had got too big. I cut it back to about 1′ above the ground. This is harder than ideal, but it should recover. I’ll lose the hips, of course.

Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ This had got rather straggly. I cut it back hard. Hopefully it will flower again this year on new wood. It usually does.