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Clematis heracleifolia 'China Purple' - TUBE CLEMATIS 'CHINA PURPLE'
Interesting shrubby-looking perennial with a woody base (doesn't climb). Late bloomer with smaller hyacinth-like purple flowers.
Tolerant to black walnuts.
Slower grower, slower to establish, but long-lived and low maintenance plant - you can cut it back in early spring. Mature plant grows into ground covering clump. Resents to being moved, choose your spot wisely.
Blooming Time: August – September
Size: in good, rich and adequately moist soil up to 3’ high and 3-4’ wide. In our lean soil only 1-1.5 tall and wide.
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Culture: sun (in cooler areas), half sun, dappled shade, light shade; grows well in average soil, tolerates clay, sand, rocky soils. The ideal spot is in medium moist soil and a somewhat cooler place.
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-moist, medium-dry, established plants will tolerate some drought
Origin: China, Korea
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: mostly yes (deer may nibble on the flowers) / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: possibly yes / possibly yes (we didn't notice many pollinators around)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" perennial pot
Plant combinations: This is a great perennial addition to a to half-shade border, sunnier woodland edge or woodland garden, or in the transition spots (difficult to identify areas with changeable sun/shade).
Can be planted as single plant or in small groups. Due to its adaptability, there are a ton of possible combinations with native or non-native perennials (for medium moist soil). It's structure is somewhat coarse - good combo is with grassy leaves of Carex, Hakonechloa, Iris (I. cristata, and it's Asian counterparts, I. tectorum, shorter cultivars of Iris sibirica), Sisyrinchium, Tradescantia or narrow-leaf Hosta cultivars.
Other good combinations are with plants with simple-shaped or smaller leaves like some Ajuga, shorter Amsonia cultivars, Epimedium, Chelone lyonii cultivars, Gentiana andrewsii, Monarda bradburiana or M. clinopodia, Phlox divaricta, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox carolina hybrids, Prunella, Ruellia strepens, shorter Solidago, Spigelia marilandica, Stachys.
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Clematis heracleifolia 'China Purple' - TUBE CLEMATIS 'CHINA PURPLE'
Interesting shrubby-looking perennial with a woody base (doesn't climb). Late bloomer with smaller hyacinth-like purple flowers.
Tolerant to black walnuts.
Slower grower, slower to establish, but long-lived and low maintenance plant - you can cut it back in early spring. Mature plant grows into ground covering clump. Resents to being moved, choose your spot wisely.
Blooming Time: August – September
Size: in good, rich and adequately moist soil up to 3’ high and 3-4’ wide. In our lean soil only 1-1.5 tall and wide.
USDA Zones: 4 to 8
Culture: sun (in cooler areas), half sun, dappled shade, light shade; grows well in average soil, tolerates clay, sand, rocky soils. The ideal spot is in medium moist soil and a somewhat cooler place.
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-moist, medium-dry, established plants will tolerate some drought
Origin: China, Korea
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: mostly yes (deer may nibble on the flowers) / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: possibly yes / possibly yes (we didn't notice many pollinators around)
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" perennial pot
Plant combinations: This is a great perennial addition to a to half-shade border, sunnier woodland edge or woodland garden, or in the transition spots (difficult to identify areas with changeable sun/shade).
Can be planted as single plant or in small groups. Due to its adaptability, there are a ton of possible combinations with native or non-native perennials (for medium moist soil). It's structure is somewhat coarse - good combo is with grassy leaves of Carex, Hakonechloa, Iris (I. cristata, and it's Asian counterparts, I. tectorum, shorter cultivars of Iris sibirica), Sisyrinchium, Tradescantia or narrow-leaf Hosta cultivars.
Other good combinations are with plants with simple-shaped or smaller leaves like some Ajuga, shorter Amsonia cultivars, Epimedium, Chelone lyonii cultivars, Gentiana andrewsii, Monarda bradburiana or M. clinopodia, Phlox divaricta, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox carolina hybrids, Prunella, Ruellia strepens, shorter Solidago, Spigelia marilandica, Stachys.
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