Tamarisk pruning

[megfitz]

I have a Tamarisk tree about 8ft. tall ,now bent over under the weight of a Tangutica clematis, it was leaning a bit before so we put in a stake and hauled it up, however it seems determined to lean over the flower bed and lawn -nearly touching the ground!!
I don't want to spoil the Clematis now in full flower. Can you prune Tamarisk ? if so when and how severely, will it regrow as a more manageable bush?.
Any advice welcome.

[Robinia]

You can prune a tamarask hard back if you need to. Ideally a spring flowering one should be done after the flowers fade and a late summer flowerng one pruned in the spring. The worst that can happen is you have fewer flowers next year.