Anyone Grow Clematis ?

Montana’s are the beasts of the Clematis world DD, at least some are. Great for covering an old building, or running along a long wall or fence, but they need to be savagely pruned every couple of years. We have a couple that must be close to 15 metres in length, I have hacked one right back this year. Stay away from Montana’s and you can get some really nice ones that climb no more than six/eight feet, and die back almost to ground level over Winter. Good for getting some height and colour into a border if grown up an obelisk. I have a couple, different flowering times, up each side of two arches, mixed in with climbing roses. They are easy to grow as well, just a couple of things to get right.😄

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Sometimes things go badly wrong! My OH is now banned from ladders (rather ironic considering he was a firefighter). But steer clear of things like Montana’s, and you will be well rewarded. I have a thug of a grapevine that I used to wrestle with every year, it was kill or cure this year, as we took all the posts out that it climbed down, and put in a couple of rose arches. Despite cutting it down to a stump, it’s now up to top of arch, and showing some tiny bunches of grapes! I swear you can see it growing if you watch it😂

Brue, check out clematis integrifolia ‘Twinkle’

Thanks. Tomorrow I'll have a crawl round in the undergrowth as OH assures me there is a label somewhere, the mystery will be solved one way or another (it's a very pale all over lilac colour.)

Check out Warsaw Nike ..Brue

Thanks hosathousey. 

In the interests of this thread I've now crawled into the undergrowth and found a label on my mystery clematis (which I must say is growing well in deep shade and is smothered in flowers just now.) It's a Viticella, named Betty Corning. LINK And as a bonus it's scented.

 

Well done Brue, I followed your link . Not seen this one before ,nice bell shape and scented . 

Caught my eye, did that. I’ve just ordered one 👍

I bought this clematis this year and it's already doing well. Bought for its colour, it's called "Nubia".