May-flowering Clematis montana may not have blooms as big as those of the large-flowered summer varieties, nor in so many colours, but they are far more numerous. And it’s not just a clematis for throwing a cloak of colour up a wall or over another plant; it is a plant big and bold enough to do a practical job all by itself, perhaps covering an old apple tree, dead ash or hiding a garage. Some varieties can fill the air with perfume: tell that to a summer clematis!
Unlike those summer clematis that you prune in spring before they flower in summer, a montana flowers in late spring and you prune it immediately afterwards, in early summer. Then it makes its flowering growth for the
