Clematis General Sikorski - Live Starter Plant in a 2 Inch Pot - Starter Plants Ready for The Garden - Beautiful Dark Lavender Flowering Vine

Clematis is a genus of over 250 species, most of which are woody to semi-woody deciduous vines climbing by twining leaf stalks or in some cases trailing over support, but in a few cases grow as freestanding or sprawling herbaceous perennials and small deciduous or evergreen shrubs. Most have flat, cupped or bell-shaped flowers. Some plants feature ornamental fluffy seed heads in autumn. Plants bear opposite, simple to compound leaves which are usually deciduous but sometimes evergreen. Compound leaves range from lobed to trifoliate to biternate to pinnate to bipinnate. 'General Sikorski' features profuse, 6-8" across, dark lavender flowers with a tinge of red on the center of each sepal and creamy stamens cover this vine in early summer. Bloom on this cultivar comes primarily from the previous year's stems in early summer, but also in a second flush later in the summer on the new current year's growth. Flowers are followed by fluffy seed clusters. Flowers may be cut and floated in bowls. Clematis can be trained to climb a wall, trellis, fence, arbor, porch, lamppost or other stationary structure. They provides good architectural height and framework for small gardens. They can also be planted to sprawl over and through shrubs, scramble over old stumps or simply as a ground cover in conjunction with other flowering perennials. Containers. Grow in fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Vining hybrids are best sited in locations where the flowering parts of the vine are in sun to part shade but the roots are shaded. Some light afternoon shade is usually beneficial in hot and humid summer climates.