Clematis Jackmanii Superba - Live Starter Plant in a 2 Inch Growers Pot - Starter Plants Ready for The Garden - Beautiful Violet Purple Flowering Vine

The most popular of the clematis vines. Showy, deep violet-purple flowers are slightly broader than those of C. 'Jackmanii' and will cover this climbing vine throughout most of the summer. An excellent vine for adding vertical interest to the landscape on a fence or trellis, or along rock walls. Deciduous. Jackmanii Superba' is considered to be an improved version to the long time garden favorite Clematis 'Jackmanii'. It features a more profuse bloom of more rounded and slightly larger flowers. This large-flowered, late-flowering hybrid clematis is a deciduous perennial vine that typically grows to 10-12' long. Velvet purple flowers to 5" diameter cover the vine with bloom from late spring to early fall June to September. Flowers are followed by silky seed heads. 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. 'Jackmanii Superba' is considered to be a pruning group 3 plant. It is usually pruned back hard to strong leaf buds approximately 8-12" from the ground in late winter. In the alternative, it may be given a light pruning in late winter followed by an additional trim after the first flush of bloom pruning group 2. Plants need an adequate supply of nutrients during the growing season to support the rush of growth. 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.