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Zone: 5

Height : 3.5 m (10 ft) x same

Growth: Vine climbs with leaf tendrils (best with wire or trellis)
Foliage:  Deciduous, dark green

Flower:  Purple-blue or purple-pink, long flowering - May to September

Fruit:  Fluffy seed heads provide fall interest

Light:  Full sun to part shade

Soil:  Moist, average

Garden site:  Very ornamental plant for walls or other vertical structures

Clematis pitcheri (Purple leatherflower)

C$15.00Price
  • Also known as Leatherflower or Bell flower, C. pitcheri is of the viorna group of clematis. Not large-showy but continual in bloom from May to August, with delicate looking but quite leathery blooms. Fluffy seed heads decorate the vine into late fall.

    Like all clematis, prefers its roots to be shaded. Benefits from support; give it something to climb.

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