Clematis advice please

I want to get a Clematis, can you advise me on which one to get? I would prefer one that has the longest flowering season as its to climb over a small pergola that already has a new Jasmine and Bougonville just planted, and some sweet peas too.

I know that some people like to grow maybe two together so one stops flowering and the other starts, and I will use that idea on a pergola I'm yet to build, so I just need the one long flowering clematis.

I have no preference for colour or size of flower etc, can you advise me?

Many thanks.

Steve...

 

Hi Steve - fellow Cumbrian; although I now live in Yorkshire.

I do think that you may be over furnishing your arch, but that is assuming your Bougainvillea does well in the North ?

My choice would be the late summer flowering Perle d' Azur.

http://www.raffia.plus.com

 

Steve, you are better off treating your Bougainvillea as a houseplant, it will not survive the winter outdoors. As for a Clematis I would go for C. tangutica.:thumb:

 

Steve
Here is a site which lists most of the Clematis including the one David recommended.
http://www.clematis.com.pl/wms/wmsg.php/
I have just arrived back from the Greek islands and you can't move for Bougainvillea over there !:D Its an incredible plant , but as mentioned I have never seen it grown outdoors in the UK. Only wish you could.