Tips for Growing Clematis all Year Around

01.08.2023 - 14:34 / gardenerstips.co.uk / hortoris

There is a clematis for every season, every aspect and every place. The flower size and colour range is also wider than you may imagine. Update I have just bought (2.9.19) another clematis Madame Le Coultre for flowering june to august.

Early Flowering Species like alpina or montana types. Summer Flowering hybrids like patens and florida types Late flowering Hybrids and species like jackmanii, tangutica and viticella types Herbaceous clematis x jouiniana or Koreana lutea Evergreen and tender species armandii, cirrhosa and tender plants from the southern hemisphere

White – Marie Boisselot, Montana sericea, Armandii or Clematis chrysocoma. Red – Ville de Lyon, Madame Juklia Correvon or Ernest Markham. Yellow – Clematis tangutica, Moonlight, Ligusticifolia or Otto Froebel. Violet – Etoile Violette or Clematis alpina Francis Rivis. Blue – Ascotiensis, Macro petal Blue Bird or Multi Blue. Pink – Clematis montana Elizabeth, Bees Jubilee or Hagley Hybrid. White and purple Clematis florida Sieboldii.

Soil for Clematis should not be too acidic but alkaline soil is fine. Impoverished soil near a wall or under a hedge should be improved with plenty of humus before planting. Sandy soil looses moisture quickly and also needs humus adding. All clematis will grow better if the roots are kept cool. Plant a bit deeper than the soil level in the pot where they were grown and cover the roots area with a tile, rock or mulch. Large flowered varieties will have stronger colours if the flowers grow in light shade. Use a good Foliar feed every 7-10 days and a good root drenching weekly.

All clematis even the herbaceous varieties need some support. The easiest support is often other plants with matching characteristics – heather for small