- deciduous vine with large showy summer flowers - profuse 3-4" lavender-blue single blooms in summer - flowers are followed by ornamental fluffy seedheads - climbing vine may grow to 8-12 feet tall by 3-6 feet wide - climbs by wrapping leaf petioles around thin objects; a tame type of climber - dormant vines look very dead, until they leaf out in spring - so plan accordingly - likes its head in the sun, but its feet in the shade; great in partial shade - summer-flowering pruning group 3 = prune in early spring, blooms on new wood - great companion for spring flowering shrubs, for extended blooms in the same space! - grows in zones 4-8
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
Clematis (unidentified cultivar) - Blue Clematis
- deciduous vine with large showy summer flowers - profuse 3-4" lavender-blue single blooms in summer - flowers are followed by ornamental fluffy seedheads - climbing vine may grow to 8-12 feet tall by 3-6 feet wide - climbs by wrapping leaf petioles around thin objects; a tame type of climber - dormant vines look very dead, until they leaf out in spring - so plan accordingly - likes its head in the sun, but its feet in the shade; great in partial shade - summer-flowering pruning group 3 = prune in early spring, blooms on new wood - great companion for spring flowering shrubs, for extended blooms in the same space! - grows in zones 4-8
- ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer