Clematis 'Warsaw Nike' - Purple Spring-Summer Clematis

Clematis 'Warsaw Nike' - Purple Spring-Summer Clematis
- also known as 'Warszawska Nike'

- deciduous vine with large showy flowers
- profuse 4-7 inch velvety burgundy-purple blooms with golden stamens
- blooms in late spring to early summer, and late summer to early autumn
- flowers are followed by ornamental fluffy seedheads
- climbing vine can grow 8-12 ft high by 3-6 ft wide
- climbs by wrapping leaf petioles around thin objects; a tame type of climber
- excellent for use with a wall, fence, or arbor without damaging said structures
- great companion for early spring flowering shrubs, for extended blooms in the same space!
- 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
- spring/summer bloom pruning group 2 = prune lightly in early spring, and after first flush of flowers
- 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