Description | A bush forming, self supporting Clematis with clusters of Blue flowers. |
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Pronunciation | (KLEM-uh-tiss) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Vines |
Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
Sunlight | sun |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist |
Growing Media | average |
Flowers | dense,short clusters, similar to a Hyacinth flower, deep blue, July to September |
Leaves | dark green, divided into three leaflets |
Dimensions | 30 inches tall, bush type clematis |
Maintenance | Pruning group 3: prune hard in the spring, right above a bud |
Propagation | PP#13977 |
Cultivar Origin | Grown by Jan Fopma, Netherlands as a chance seedling in 1994. Species introduced into cultivation about 1837 in Brittain. |
Author's Notes | This Clematis is quite different than the large flowering vine plants most people are use to. The flowers look more like a hyacinth. The plant is a small to medium herbaceous shrub. |