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Flowers bisexual, often some unisexual in same inflorescence; pedicel 1-3.5 cm, slender; sepals wide spreading, not recurved, white, linear or elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly obovate [5] The plant can get anywhere from 15 to 30 ft tall, and 15 to 30 ft wide. In late fall, the fertilized flowers become seed clusters of 5-6 fruits connected at ...
The best time to plant clematis is late spring or early autumn. Each year you have your clematis, you should fertilizer using well-composted manures and leaf compost to enhance flower production ...
Development and planting of the clematis and accompanying plants began in spring 2006. [1] Linda Beutler, the author of two books on clematis and a former president of the International Clematis Society, was hired as the first curator of the collection in 2007. [10] The Garden is managed and maintained organically by FRCC volunteers. [4] [1]
It produces bell-shaped flowers in the spring and summer. [4] The flower petals are thick and leather-like with scarlet-colored sepals. After the flower blooms, a feathery ball of plumed seeds will be displayed. This Clematis is a very hardy and drought tolerant and when planted in sunny conditions, flowers may persist until the first frost. [3]
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It grows on the edges of the woods, moist slopes, fence rows, in thickets and on streambanks. It grows in full sun to light full shade and is very adaptable to many soils from sandy to clay, dry to draining wet, and acid to alkaline with a pH range of 6.0 to 8.5. It has a deep but sparse, fibrous root system that makes it hard to transplant.
The plant flowers on the year's new growth, so pruning is best done in early spring, before the plant leafs out. Cut to the ground the plant can reach 3 metres (10 ft) during the season; a column of bloom can be achieved by pruning out stems at varying heights, some as low as four buds, others above head height.
Its leaves are 3-lobed, and generally grow groups of three to five leaflets, the largest leaves on the plant normally being between 3 and 5 cm in size. The pipestem clematis can be distinguished from the similar (but much more widely ranging) virgin's bower by the fact that pipestems normally only have one flower on each stalk, and at most ...