Clematis: help basic care of Clematis zone 5, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Six hours would give you some blooms. If the soil is well prepared with manure, compost, etc. you might want to give it a try.

Look at Plant Files for clematises that might ring a bell with you and then we can go from there. I'm just guessing that the two old purple might be Jackmanii. Check the photos.

Here's a Nelly Moser that grows on a stump so each half gets sun and shade for half the day and it grows very well.