"Drakanthus" wrote in message ...
Can't answer your question but my montana has a grand total of 6 flowers
this year!

Unless you cut it back you will get fewer flowers each year.

Cut it hard back after it has finished flowering. Next years flowers will be
on the new growth it puts out this year. If it's a large montana then you
will be in for a treat next year.

Really? I thought the advantage of the early flowering montanas is
that you don't need to cut them back like you do other Clematis. I've
never pruned mine and this year they were completely smothered with
flowers.

This year's was the best display yet, but it is also the first spring
after the watering system went in - I wonder if all the extra water
last summer made any difference...

Bob