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If you love the late-blooming giant Sweet Autumn Clematis, you must try its spring-flowering relative! A C. montana hybrid that grows very quickly and never needs pruning (hurrah!), 'Broughton Star' offers thousands of semi-double pink blooms over a long season. It is no exaggeration to say that when in bloom, this Clematis transforms the landscape into a sea of rosy-pink.

Beginning in late spring and continuing through early summer, this 15- to 20-foot-long, 5- to 8-foot-wide vine is clothed in 2 1/2-inch blooms the color of crushed strawberries. Semi-double and very showy, they offset the dark green foliage beautifully, and stand out sweetly with their central cluster of yellow and white. You will never complain that this climber isn't productive enough; 'Broughton Star' sets more blooms than seems possible!

Bred by a British couple who named it for their parish, 'Broughton Star' was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the British Clematis Society, and has already become a popular favorite in Europe. The new spring foliage emerges in bright bronzy tones, and some of this color remains when the flowers begin, adding even more zip to the display. Very fast-growing, 'Broughton Star' makes a fine cover-up for that ugly wall, chain-link fence, or deteriorating garden outbuilding. It can be threaded up trees or open-habit shrubs, or even grown alongside a climbing Rose such as Laguna.™ It grows easily in full sun or light shade. Pruning Group I (only needs pruning after it blooms in spring to remove dead branches or to keep it in bounds) Zones 5-9.