Clematis Anna Louise

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- Anca

Hello Chris and Suzy,

Hope you're keeping healthy!

I'm not sure if you're open, but if you are, I'd like to order some Clematis flowers from you. However before that I could really use some advice from you, since you are specialists. I hope that's ok!

I live in Manchester, I have a small townhouse garden, and I'd like to cover the surrounding fence in Clematis and have flowers all year long.
My plan is:
Spring: Wesselton;
Summer: Anne Louise + Arctic Queen;
Autumn: Esme (or Fukuzona if you have it);
Winter: Jingle Bells

My two questions are:
1. How many do I need of each type, for a fence that is 720 cm x 2 (each side) + 500 cm (back). 
2. How close can I plant them to each other?

And of course, I would like to know if you have them all in stock.
Many thanks for your help! And stay safe during these unsettling times.
Anca 

Hi Yes we are all fine and healthy thanks, I have put the answers to your queries below for you:-

is: Spring: Wesselton; - out of stock try the straight forward species 'macropetala' in its place as they are very similar



Summer: Anne Louise:- yes in stock

+ Arctic Queen;- out of stock at the moment we may have some ready for late summertime- however 'duchess of edinburgh' is very similar



Autumn: Esme:- yes in stock

(or Fukuzona if you have it);- nope we stopped growing it a couple of years ago



Winter: Jingle Bells - yes in stock at the moment



My two questions are: 1. How many do I need of each type, for a fence that is 720 cm x 2 (each side) + 500 cm (back). - the average spread of the average clematis is about 3 feet so this will be about 100cm - so depending on whether you want them touching or not will depend on how many you pop in - but at least you can do the maths with this statistic.



2. How close can I plant them to each other? - you can actually plant clematis as close as 18 inch centres if you wish - however most people would not plant closer together than 3 feet for the reason of the spread above ground level (but it is possible if you wish)



Hope this helps, thanks chris