Late-flowering clematis
‘Prince Charles’ AGM*
A pretty, easy-to-grow mildewresistant variety with 10cm flowers that open azure-blue with pink tints that fade as they mature. Height and spread: 2m
Clematis x durandii AGM
Likes partial shade. It flowers from June to September. Needs tying in to supports or training up an obelisk as it won’t cling. Height and spread: 2m
‘Huldine’ AGM
Masses of elegant, white flowers make this a great climber to pair with a bright flowering shrub or scramble over an archway. Height and spread: 3m
‘Madame Julia Correvon’
A distinctive Viticella type with wine-red flowers, which bloom from June to September. Prune in late winter. Height and spread: 3.7m
‘Remembrance’ AGM
Its 12cm beautifully textured raspberry-red flowers, mature to a deep rose hue. This high impact clematis grows with vigour. Height and spread: 2.5m
‘Arabella’
Flowers from late spring to early autumn. A compact variety, it can be planted in a pot or can scramble up a shrub. Position in full sun and it will thrive. Height: 2m; spread: 1m
‘Polish Spirit’ AGM
Produces a prolific mass of large deep-purple 15cm flowers, with a slightly reddish stripe along the centre of each petal. Height and spread: 3m
‘Picardy’
Flowers from early summer to October. Once blooms are over, cut back to 15cm and it will reflower if kept well watered and fed. Height: 1.5m; spread: 1m
‘Blue Angel’ AGM
This clematis is covered in pale rosy-blue blooms from top to bottom, opening continuously from June to September – or sometimes even later.
Height and spread: 2.5m