Clematis: Looking for ways to plant Clematis, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Many are useful as ground covers. Carolyn has some so I'm sure she can guide you.

I have some growing on a tree (now a stump, thank to hurricane Irene last August), pictured below, and they do very well but it's digging the hole that may be a problem. First dig, to make sure you have the width and depth you'll need, then plan.

Are you planning to remove the weedy grasses? They would happily invade any newly established area that has compost, bone meal and manure for the clematises.