The following varieties are suitable for the garden. They are reliable, easy to grow and multi-blooming, usually over a long period.
The Guernsey Clematis Nursery has bred and introduced these varieties over a few years. They have proved to be a good addition to any garden.
This early large-flowered cultivar has very large spring flowers, some 6-8 inches (15 to 20cm) in diameter; it is exceptionally free-flowering and the plant is covered with nicely shaped rounded flowers. It has a good repeat flowering habit. Its main flowering period is late spring-early summer and it repeats flowers late summer-early autumn. The white spring/early summer flowers are suffused with pale blue giving it a true ‘ice blue’ colour. The autumn flowers are smaller in size and sometimes slightly whiter than pale blue. The sepals are offset by creamy white anthers. It will flower at a low height from the previous season's growth and is therefore particularly suited to container culture. Suggested planting combinations: with evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees, with blue flowered ceanothus, with grey or purple foliaged shrubs as cotinus folii purpurius (the purple foliaged smoke bush).
Flowering | late spring-early summer and again late summer–early autumn |
Zone | 4-9 |
Height | 2 - 2.5m (8ft) |
Pruning | 2 |
Clematis grown in containers are a beautiful way to add height to a patio or courtyard garden. Choose a container 18" (45cm) approx. diameter for a single clematis plant plus support. For larger containers consider planting two or more plants per container. When choosing a container, Terracotta or wood are the best materials.
Alternatively, choose a host plant and dig a hole about 18 inches (45cm) deep.