Picardy Clematis

Clematis ‘Picardy‘ Evipo024

Plant Details

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

Plant Type: Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 4-5′

Width at Maturity: 2-3′
Spacing: 3′ apart to cover fences and walls

Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Twining, Twisted Branching

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Purple and Red shades
Flower Type: Single

Flower Size: 4″
Flowering Period: Continuously Late Spring through Late Summer

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay soil to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt

Soil Drainage: Moist but Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0

Maintenance / Care: Low

Pruning Group: 2

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

Note: All of our 1 gallon size Clematis vines are trellised 2 year old plants

A free flowering stunner with a shorter stature perfect for smaller garden spaces and in containers, ‘Picardy’ Clematis features abundant star-shaped flowers all summer long from top to bottom of the vine. The 4 inch diameter flowers produced continuously from late spring through the end of summer have a fascinating mix of purple outer petals with a rich red stripe running through the center. One of the Raymond Evison Boulevard series of patio friendly Clematis, just add an obelisk or trellis and watch it grow!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Climbing 4 to 5 feet high and spreading 2 to 3 feet or more in width, the Picardy Clematis is ideal for growing on short fences, trellises, mailbox pots, obelisks, poles, lamp posts and other structures. Excellent on a trellis or obelisk in pots, planters and other containers for situating on patios, decks and around other outdoor living spaces where the amazing flowers can be viewed from close up. A fine addition to Clematis gardens and purple and red theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 feet apart to cover fences, trellises, and walls

Growing Preferences

This Clematis is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. Though it tolerates dry periods when established, it will appreciate an occasional watering in prolonged periods of dry weather. Make sure not to plant this one too deep as it tends to smother the plant. See pruning instructions just below.

Clematis Pruning Group 2

Clematis in Group 2 consist of all the early, large-flowered hybrid clematis that bloom in late spring or early summer and maybe again in late summer. Clematis in this group should be pruned lightly in late winter or early spring. Pruning consists of removing weak and crossing shoots then thinning down the plant to a structure of evenly spaced one and two year old stems. Cut each stem just above a pair of healthy buds. Plants in this group have the tendency to become bare at the base as they mature. You can under-plant with small shrubs or perennials to help conceal the bare stems. Alternatively, you can often force a flush of new growth from the base by cutting the vine back to 18 inches immediately after the flush of bloom.

An alternate method of pruning Group 2 clematis is to prune only every three or four years. In this case, the clematis should be pruned as described for Group 3 clematis. This will produce a weak first flush of flowers in the summer after pruning.

Helpful Articles

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How To Plant A Clematis

How To Prune A Clematis

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The clematis was securely packed, received in excellent condition. Arrived quickly. The vine was already blooming with deep red flowers, with several buds. The leaves were a deep green. The plant was very healthy. A little transplant shock, which is normal, but now growing nicely. Check it every morning to make sure soil is moist. Will most definitely buy from this company again——————————————————-Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG