If you do go for a clematis you need to do some serious soil improvement by forking in a lot of well-rotted garden compost and/or manure as they are hungry plants. Water it well before you plant and then again afterwards. Give it a mulch of compost every spring.
Koreana types don't like to be too wet once planted and don't need to be planted deeply like most others so plant it at the same depth it was in its pot and make sure you release its stems from the usual canes and little plastic bands and train it to its supports as horizontally or diagonally as possible to encourage more flowering shoots to form.
Broughton Bride only needs pruning to keep it in bounds and after flowering finishes.
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Best of the white clematis here is White Magic, a member of the Viticella Group, we never feed or water it, before planting just stand the plant in a bucket of cold water for 2 hours, then plant it deep, prune it down to the floor every February.
If you plant a mature, 2 year old plant, in a 2 litre deep pot, it will reach a height of about 6 ft in a season and will have lots of flowers, then every year after it will have more stems and even more flowers.
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MikeyMustard that is a lovely Clematis. I'm drawn to the fact that it is has grown well in the first year.
Obelixx, I love the Broughton Bride, gorgeous indeed. Serious contender.
Rik56, the end post clasps look like a good. Then again Fairygirl's advice re. vine eyes will be a cheaper option.
Koreana types don't like to be too wet once planted and don't need to be planted deeply like most others so plant it at the same depth it was in its pot and make sure you release its stems from the usual canes and little plastic bands and train it to its supports as horizontally or diagonally as possible to encourage more flowering shoots to form.
Broughton Bride only needs pruning to keep it in bounds and after flowering finishes.