Clematis crispa -Swamp Leather Flower- Flowers Seeds, PERENNIAL

Small arbors, trellises, and step railings where its fragrant flowers can be appreciated. For larger arbors and fences, consider planting a more vigorous vine-like crossvine or coral honeysuckle.

Swamp Leather Flower is a native clematis vine that’s well-mannered and easy to grow, making it a very desirable and low-maintenance garden plant.

• Fragrant flowers
• Long flowering period
• Can grow in wet soil

Details

• Twining vine with flower color ranging from dark purple to pale lavender
• Plants grow 5 to 8 ft. tall
• Leaves emerge early and are frost resistant
• Hardy in USDA hardiness zones 6, 7, 8, and 9

Flowering period

In central North Carolina, the heaviest flowering occurs in May with flushes of flowers occurring throughout the summer and into fall.

Clematis are one of the most popular garden climbing plants, excellent for covering walls, arches, pergolas, fences or unsightly tree stumps, they also come in a huge range of colours and shapes.

How to Grow Clematis
Clematis prefer their heads in the sun and their roots in the shade, so use other plants to provide the necessary shade or cover the ground with stones or flat pebbles.
Sow onto good quality compost, covering the seeds to approximatley their own depth with fine grit or compost. Germination can be slow, 2 to3 months is not unusual. Grow on in individual 3 inch pots before planting out with climbing support.

• Plant Description
• Article Type: (pure seed)
• Life Cycle: Perennial
• Family: Ranunculaceae
• Origin: Mongolia
• Flower ColoOr:  blue
• Natural Flowering Period: May - September