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Clematis Viticella
wisehedgecrone
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I want to grow more clematis in the garden. I'd like viticellas as they are fast growers, are easy to prune and flower well. I have Etoile Violette but I'd love some reds and very light blues. I want to grow them on wires to cover an ugky fence. Are there any you can recommend, or warn me against?
I've also recently bought 'Prince Charles' and a couple of other similar for my blue and yellow border, but as they haven't flowered yet I don't know how they will perform.
Secondly.....any rampant clematis for growing into trees in partial shade?
Any advice or suggestions welcome 
Thanks in advance!
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I have Niobe which is a deep red. It's quite similar in type and size to EV. If you take a look on Taylor's Clematis site you'll find hundreds to choose from, but it's hard to only choose one or two! You can pick them by colour, name, flowering time etc so it's a good way of finding what you want.
The montanas will grow through your tree - they flower in spring and are pale pink or white depending on variety. Most nurseries, GCs and diy stores will offer a few varieties.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Victoria?
Actually I do have flammula - just bought it and planted it in my woodland garden (in a sunny position though!) Looking forward to it flowering!
I love scented clematis.
Fairygirl - will check out Niobe. Is it vigorous?
I use Montanas to cover my fences. Very fast growers and quite a range of colours. Some are even scented.
It's a good grower but doesn't get too big or vigorous as far as I'm aware. I've got mine on a screen I built last year and it's growing nicely - around 2 feet by 2 feet at the moment. It was a small, young plant this time last year
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Huldine will get to 6 metres when well established but can take a couple of years to settle its roots and take off. I have Red Ballon growing through a tree and doing very well. Personally, I think Blue Angel/Belkity Atholl is far better than Prince Charles.
I suggest you visit this site - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemlistsearch.cfm which lets you sea-rach fro clematis by colour, size, aspect, pruning group and do on.
Prince Charles, Niobe, flammula, Victoria, Huldine, Red Ballon, Blue Angel, are not viticellas, and the montanas are early season.
Madame Julia Correvon, Rubra, Kermesina are all good red viticellas, Chatsworth is a good pale blue flattish flower, Hanna is a pale blue nodding bell, lovely, both viticella.
The native species, vitalba, is superb though trees, summer flowering and scented, or I have several other species, have a look at this ladakhiana, raised here from seed. Sorry unable to upload picture.
Perfumed viticella x triternata rubromarginata is highly scented ( flammula x viticella ) much better, tougher, than species flammula as it has viticella root system.
The ones I mentioned are all summer flowering group 3s so are grown like the viticellas and very hardy.
In my experience, Mme Julia Correvon and Hanna are wusses that don't cope with hard winters. Betty Corning has nodding, lilac/blue-ish bells which are perfumed. Caerulea Elegans is another toughy but not perfumed.
Sorry, I thought the thread was discussing Viticella Group clematis, not Group 3's.
Madame Julia Correvon, raised c.1900, must have seen a few gritty winters.
Viticella Hanna, raised in Sweden, is bombproof hardy.
Caerulea Elegans ??---------No such plant.
I meant Caerulea Luxurians.
Hanna may well cope with cold Swedish snowy winters with their blanket of snow for insulation but doesn't do -15C without the snow. Nor does Mme JC.