Clematis: June, clematises and chat, 2 by Pfg

Pfg wrote:
Marilyn, what a lovely painting! I love the delicacy of the colors and the shape...

Okay, I have yet another a clematis dilemma. We have this trellis, and last year I planted C Veronica's Choice on each side. This spring one bloomed, and hasn't done much since. The other climbed to near the top, but didn't bloom. Over the winter I decided to make a Blue Garden there, but also decided not to move the Clems. I knew other things would be happening in and around the bed, nothing here is all that strict (doesn't go with the 'feel' of the place), even at Sissinghurst the Purple Garden has a ginormous red rose, etc. any excuse will do, lol.

But the trellis is so bare! I have a Jackmanii blooming its head off right now. So I'm thinking, there are lots of purple undertones already there in this Blue Garden, VC is between flushes (assuming it survives and eventually 'leaps'), and the Jackmanii would fill it out a lot. Soooo... In the fall, not now, I could move the short one to the side with the one that climbed, that would help the display there. And put Jackmanii on the far side, knowing it will bloom at the top and cascade where we can see it.

Is there anything wrong with this scenario? Pirl, I know you have a monster Jackmanii, but although we have very good soil, this is nowhere near the compost pile. And you do trim yours during the season if it gets out of bounds, right? And it does get cut back in the spring, so the early Veronica's Choice bloom would be unaffected by it. When the VC gets to the top, would the second flush be lost? Or would the flowers rise to the light? The exposure is very full sun, north is toward the back of the photo, so the blooms would face south toward the house.

Would a different combo be better?

Yikes! So many questions, lol!