Naughty clematis

I did wonder

I think a spring-flowering clematis would flower whatever position it was in?
The summer flowering ones are more sensitive little souls

I don't think that is a Clematis, but not sure what it is. Hopefully someone else can identify it.

'Flower before June Do Not Prune
Flower after June You May Prune'

Montana should be left alone, as you say Smithy it likes to go it's own way.Although you can just chop it all down if it becomes very woody, and it will soon spread again.
In Spring you should feed it.

I saw on TV that if a clematis flowers before June you don't prune at all. My clematis is a May flowering Montana which I always pruned early in the year so I'm going to leave it and see what happens. Some years it has flowered well and not so others.

You should see little grey/green pairs of leaf buds around March. Depending where you are.

Ok I ll just leave it alone then and see what happens in the spring if nothing happens I ll cut it right back
Thanks for your advice ...watch this space

Unless it's an evergreen variety, the leaves will fall of in the winter. The flower buds form on this year's growth and emerge in the spring.
In my las house I had one that grew up a 35ft silver birch, it looked magnificent in full flower.

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This is how it looks

So do you mean all the leaf growth is in the summer then it stays green till spring then hopefully flower
I don't know the type The roots are certainly in shade and the greenery in the sun it's roots are sheltered by a small shed ( that it has covered )

It sounds like the Montana variety, it will flower in the spring, so don't prune it until after its flowered.
Clematis like their heads in the sun and their roots in the shade.
I suspect the trees were too shady for it to flower.

Do you know the actual name/variety of it? It depends what it is as to when it should be pruned. Sounds like it will look lovely when it does decide to flower.