Hi Folks climbers i am looking at clematis montana & clematis rebecca my question is i have 4 fence panels with a width of 8 feet& 7feet high can anyone tell me how many plants i will need for each panel to get a good covering.
One Montana would cover all 4 panels after a couple of years and won't stop there!
Rebecca is a different group and quite a shy grower so will get swamped by the Montana and is a different pruning group (2) so you will have a problem pruning them properly once intertwined. If you were only growing Rebecca or other group 2s, I'd say you need 3 plants per panel.
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One Montana would cover all 4 panels after a couple of years and won't stop there!
Rebecca is a different group and quite a shy grower so will get swamped by the Montana and is a different pruning group (2) so you will have a problem pruning them properly once intertwined. If you were only growing Rebecca or other group 2s, I'd say you need 3 plants per panel.
Hi Bob think i will shelve the Montana & keep the Rebecca can you suggest any other climbers that fall into group 2 .that i can have a look at .