Clematis Climador

Clematis Climador, Clematis 'Climador™' PPAF, is a unique and compact seedling of the very popular Clematis 'The President'. The purplish blue 4 6 flowers are composed of broad, overlapping tepals and striking dark red anthers. Blooms nearly all summer! Its short stature and upward facing 5 inch flowers make it an excellent plant grown in a container on your patio or deck. Clematis 'Climador™' needs a supporting structure to grow properly but will also grow over large shrubs, over walls, cover stumps, and make perfect cover ups for unsightly service areas. Clematis is easy to grow in a rich, porous, alkaline soil with plenty of room for the roots to spread. Best performance is when the tops are in full sunlight and the roots are shaded, so apply a generous mulch or a shallow rooted ground cover near the base of the vine. Very reliable performers once established they take a season or two to get going. Groom this plant after first flowering by cutting back the top one third to one half of some stems.