Clematis: First clematis season , 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Do you have any spots where they could go that get 6 hours of sun? They'd love it. There's no need to put them all in one spot so maybe you could work a deal with your husband and put two in one area and the rest in another spot.

Of course your way is best! We clematis lovers have to join forces.

You may regret it if you allow them to grow as ground covers, especially if you have trees and get fallen leaves in autumn. It will be a huge mess to clean. I've lived through it with just one clematis, an atragene, Helsingborg. Now I've cleaned out that area and sent the plants away. I took this photo before facing cleaning up this spring, which was a nightmare and took days: it's just not worth it to me.

Do you have any fencing where you could attach clear vinyl netting and allow the clematises to grow up the netting? I think Agway carries it but call first to avoid disappointment. http://www.gardeners.com/Plant-Support-Netting/34-974,defaul...