Clematis: Some general clematis questions, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
I just bought my 'Blue Moon' AGAIN. The first one got squeezed out by the 'Blue Moon' hosta which is just as full as ever, This fall it MUST
get chunked up, put in double pots with weed barrier so it will stay the way I want it. Mind you, I really am not a control freak but this hosta doesn't know when to call it quits. It has to be 3' round now!

This time the new clematis is going in pure aged, deoderized manure with a ton of compost, slug bait and the earwig deterrent around it!

Here's 'Blue Moon'.