"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes

"K" wrote in message
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I'm considering getting rid of my Clematis montana and planting some other
clematis there instead. What would be an alternative? I need it to flower
the same time as montana (ie a bit later than the alpinas), to have small
flowers, to be a lot less vigorous, but still vigorous enough to grow
above the 'slug zone', and to be happy in a cold Yorkshire climate.
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Kay

The best I can do is to suggest yet another C.montana that is a bit less
vigorous. Crug have a few options such as:-
http://www.mailorder.crug-farm.co.uk...aspx?pid=10554
Does it have to be a clematis or would something else flowering at the right
time make a suitable substitute?

I'd like a clematis, but what else did you have in mind? Atm the montana
is just over, I have two climbing honeysuckles in flower, early roses,
and 3 wisteria.

The clematis (or whatever) is to go into an 8 ft mock orange. The
montana used to be part of a thicket forming our border with the church
car park next door. Following a change of priest late last year, the
church has pruned our thicket back to our boundary (as is their right -
thank goodness they didn't also return to us all the prunings ;-) )
thus destroying our privacy and our security in one fell swoop. We've
now added a 3-4ft trellis to the top of the stone wall boundary, which
gives the security back (or at least the illusion thereof, which is the
important thing), and I'm re-evaluating some of the things that were
forming the thicket - I'm planning more emphasis on roses and clematis
and less on pyracantha ;-)


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Kay