Clematis - full spring / autumn flowering?

I want to plant a clematis (or maybe more than one) I would like to have a long flowering period from early spring, through to autumn - I can plant up to 3 plants if possible so that one flowering season goes into another. This is to go on a fence approx 4 ft high and 30 ft long - and will be in full sun later on in the day - can anyone recommend a good variety (possibly one that grows quickly aswell)



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Clematis - full spring / autumn flowering?
There are three groups of clematis - Group 1 that is, anything that flowers from January to May. This group includes armandii, cirrhosa, alpina, macropetala and montana. Group 2 are the large flowered hybrid clematis that flower in May and June, and all the double flowered hybrids. Group 3 are the plants that flower later in the season on new growth produced that year - the viticellas, jackmanii and late flowering hybrids, texensis, herbaceous and other late flowering species. There are at least 3500 varieties across the groups but a safe bet for a long season of colour would be:

Late Spring - Clematis Montana 'Elizabeth' or var Rubens

Early summer - Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

Late summer to Autumn - Clematis 'Bill MacKenzie'

Good luck:-)
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