Late-flowered

Clematis ‘Perida’

Clematis 'Perida'

Color of flowers	glowing crimson
Plants height	1-2 m
Flowers size	medium
Flowering month	VI, VII, VIII
Aspect	S, E, W
Pruning way	3 (hard)
Frost hardiness	Zones 4 - 9

One of the prettiest red flowered cultivars. Apart from the outstanding looks its assets are modest demands and easy maintenance. Ideal for container cultivation.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Medium-sized flowers, 8–12 cm across, with 6 pointed, glowing crimson sepals and red stamens. Blooms between June and August. Leaves simple or trifoliate, dark green.

HOW IT GROWS: A climber supporting itself with leaf tendrils. Reaches 1.5-2 m height.

WHERE TO PLANT: An undemanding cultivar. Blooms best in light, but not sun-exposed sites. Frost hardy (zone 4–9).

HOW TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN: Before planting immerse the plant container in water for 10-30 min. Place the plant in a 60 x 60 x 60 cm hole with a 10-cm layer of pebbles and gravel at the bottom. Cover the roots with a bucket of well-rotten manure or compost and fill up with fertile soil. Place the plant base 5–10 cm deeper than it was before. Plant at least 30 cm from walls or other plants. The base should be in a shade. Cover the ground around the new plants with bark mulch and for winter protection pile it up to 10 cm. Fertilize with Osmocote 5-6 M, water generously in vegetative season. Flowers appear on new shoots, so at the end of February or the beginning of March dead wood should be removed and the live shoots strongly pruned – at 30 cm from the base, above the strong buds in the first year, 40 cm in the second year and 50 cm in the following seasons.

HOW TO APPLY: Recommended for growing along trellises, obelisks and other low garden supports. It may interlace other plants. Suitable for container cultivation.

ORIGIN: Raised by Willem Straver, Germany 2002.