CLEMATIS
This are the type of Clematis we carry this year and it also includes information on how to care for them.
Bee's Jubilee - Pale mauve pink flowers, single flower, 6 - 8 inches, flowers May - June and Aug. - Sept., Height 8 - 12 ft, Group 2, Zones 4 - 9
Belle of Woking - Silvery mauve to white, single and double flowers, 4 - 6 inches, flowers May - June and Sept. - Oct., Height 8 -12 ft., Group 2, Zones 4 - 11
Blue Angel - Sky Blue - single flowers, 4 - 6 inches, Bloom June - Sept., Height 8 12 ft, Group 3, Zones 3 - 9
Dutchess of Edinburgh - pure white rosettes, double/semi and double/single (not sure what they mean by that), 4 - 6 inch flowers, May - June & Aug. Sept., Height 8 - 12 ft., Group 2, Zones 4 - 11
Ernest Markham - Magenta - red with gold anthers, single flowers, 4 - 6 inches, June - Oct., 8 - 16 ft., Group 2, Zones 5 - 8
Hagley Hybrid - shell pink with prominent purple anthers, single flowers, 5 - 6 inches, June - Sept., 6 - 8 feet, Group 3, Zones 4 - 7
Mrs. N. Thompson - Violet - purple with a bright red bar, single flowers, 4 - 6 inches, July - Sept., 4 - 9 feet, Group 2, Zones 4 - 9
Polish Spirit - Deep purple with a slight purple-red bar, single flower, 2 - 4 inches, June - Sept., 8 - 12 feet, Group 3, Zones 3 - 11
Proteus - Mauve to lilac pink, star shaped blossoms, double/single, 6 - 8 inches, May - Aug., 6 - 10 feet, Group 2, Zones 4 - 11
Purpurea Plena Elegans - Reddish-purple, double flowered, 1 to 3 inches, July - Oct., 8 - 12 feet, Group 3, Zones 3 - 11
terniflora (Sweet Autumn Clematis) - Creamy white, sweetly fragrant, small flowers produced in great numbers, single flower, 1/2 to 1 inch, Sept. - oct., 10 - 30 feet, Group 3
Ville de Lyon - Purplish-red with prominent white filaments, single flower, 5 - 7 inches, July - Oct., 8 - 12 feet, Group 3, Zones 4 - 9
Group 1 - Early Flowering - don't need to be pruned at all, but if you decide to do so it must be done within a month of flowering
Group 2 - Early to midseason - Time to prune is late winter or early spring. Cut back 6 - 8 inches above a couple of well developed buds.
Group 3 - late flowering - Flower on old and new growth. Cut back in late winter or early spring. Cut back to previous years wood, just above the base of the plant. If you don't want to lose the spring blooms by cutting, cut back in 3 year stages. First year cut back 1/3 of the branches, the next year the same and the year after that the same. Removing the oldest stems.
