Clematis
- Botanical Name
- Clematis
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 5 to 30 feet
- Width
- 3 to 30 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to fall: many colors, types and sizes
- Fruit
- Feathery, ball-shaped structure, showy
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, cool
- Planting & Care
- Grow clematis with their face in the sun and feet in the shade for best results
- Prune summer and fall blooming clematis, if needed, during the dormant season. I prefer to wait until late winter so I can enjoy the winter interest and for increased winter hardiness.
- Early spring bloomers flower on the previous years growth and should be pruned, if needed, after flowering
- Problems
- Leaf spot, stem rot
- Varieties
- Nelly Moser - pale mauve flowers with pink bands
- Clematis terniflora - Sweet Autumn Clematis, profusion of fragrant white flowers in late summer to early fall
- Clematis viticella 'Betty Corning' - blue, downward facing bells thru most of the summer
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