Duchess Of Cornwall Clematis- 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity:  4-5′

Width at Maturity:  4-5’
Spacing:  4′ apart to cover fences and walls

Maintenance / Care:  Low

A recent new introduction from the worlds top Clematis breeder Raymond Evison, ‘Duchess of Cornwall’ is a compact free-flowering selection featuring flowers that change colors as the temperatures rise through the season. Beginning in late spring, large 4 to 6 inch single to semi-double flowers start out with dark violet-blue petals surrounding creamy yellow anthers at the center. As the season progresses and temperature rise the flowers will open a deeper imperial purple softening to a near mid-blue as they age. Duchess of Cornwall is a compact grower ideal for pots, planters and other containers where it might reach 4 to 5 feet tall on a trellis, stake or obelisk. It can also be used in the garden to cover short fences, rails, trellises or a mailbox post or to freely meander through perennial and shrub borders without taking over.

Clematis in group 3 consist of late-flowering species that bloom from mid-summer into fall. This group flowers on the last 2 to 3 feet of the current season’s growth (new wood). They are easy to prune because you do not need to maintain any old wood. In February or March, cut each stem to a height of 6 to 12 inches making sure to leave two good buds along the stem below where you make your cut. New growth will emerge from these buds to produce the current seasons vines and blooms.

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