Clematis Montana 'Giant Star'
Clematis Montana 'Giant Star'
The early or spring flowering varieties are classified as group 1 as far as pruning is concerned. The technique is to wait until they've just finished flowering in late spring, then prune if necessary. Like other spring flowering shrubs, they produce flowers on stems that grew up last year. Pruning of early clematis is optional but worth doing every two or three years to invigorate the plants and encourage new growth low down. 'Giant Star' bears larger than usual flowers for a montana type clematis (10 cms.) in Spring, and often having a second flush in Autumn. The flowers, which are sometimes semi-double, are pale pink with yellow stamens, a little paler towards the centre, and are slightly fragrant 'Giant Star' is fully hardy and can even be grown on a north facing wall.
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Clematis Montana 'Giant Star'
Latin name
Clematis Montana 'Giant Star'
type
Climber
family
Ranunculaceae
ph
7.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
6.00 M
Clematis Montana 'Giant Star'
The early or spring flowering varieties are classified as group 1 as far as pruning is concerned. The technique is to wait until they've just finished flowering in late spring, then prune if necessary. Like other spring flowering shrubs, they produce flowers on stems that grew up last year. Pruning of early clematis is optional but worth doing every two or three years to invigorate the plants and encourage new growth low down. 'Giant Star' bears larger than usual flowers for a montana type clematis (10 cms.) in Spring, and often having a second flush in Autumn. The flowers, which are sometimes semi-double, are pale pink with yellow stamens, a little paler towards the centre, and are slightly fragrant 'Giant Star' is fully hardy and can even be grown on a north facing wall.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
Soak pot grown new plants well before planting. Dig an over-sized planting hole and mix some good quality organic material with the soil from the hole adding a handful of bone-meal or fish, blood and bone fertiliser. Put some well rotted manure at the base of the hole and cover with soil. Remove the plant from its pot and place in the hole so that the surface of the root-ball is at least 3 inches below the soil level. Fill the space around the root-ball with the soil and organic material mix. Sprinkle some more organic fertiliser around the plant, keeping it away from the stem and water in thoroughly.
Flowering Season
From Mid Winter TO Late Spring
Group 1 varieties flower early, from mid winter into late spring. Winter flowering C. cirrhosa and its varieties are also in Group 1.
Propagation by cuttings
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.