Clematis again

I bit the bullet today and took the loppers to the Clematis in the garden. It's needed attention for ages so today I didn't so much prune it as decimate it. I've taken it right back to the base which is over 25 years old.
There is still growth there and Montana are pretty resilient, they are not one if the varieties which need cut back hard each year so hopefully we'll see some regrowth beginning by the end of the season.
I now have a lot of free flowerbed though and a couple of plants needing a permanent site, so, two problems solved at once.