Tips on variety selection & care

These clematis hybrids brighten up the summer

The most beautiful time of the year brings the most beautiful Clematis with a never-ending one Heyday emerged. In the summer climate, the clematis thrives with lush, double and unfilled flowers in enchanting colors. The breeders achieved small masterpieces in the following hybrids:

• Clematis 'Rebecca': scarlet flowers with a creamy white filling, up to 18 cm in diameter
• Boulevard clematis 'Picardy': the dark red, striped flowers extend from the plant base to the tip
• Clematis 'Grefve Erik Ruuth': produces its double, white flowers from June to September
• Clematis' Dr. Ruppel ‘: a splendid summer bloomer with striped, purple-red blossom, adorned with a light purple border

If a clematis is one of the typical summer bloomers, it usually reaches a height of 100 to 200 centimeters. Therefore, these hybrids are recommended for planting in

bucket or serve as a pretty privacy screen in the plant box with integrated trellis.

Summer bloomers with fruit decorations

If you choose Clematis orientalis, plant a clematis in the garden that has a decorative fruit ornament following its yellow flowers. The silver-gray seed pods are very popular in Advent floristry.

Tips for pruning clematis in summer

They take their time before they show their bloom. The summer bloomers among the clematis develop new long shoots every year in order to bloom on them. The specialist assigns this clematis to cutting group 3, so that they are to be cut as follows:

• Clematis after flowering cut in autumn
• Ideally, cut back on a frost-free day in November / December
• Shorten tendrils that are too long to 8 or 12 inches

Apply the scissors just above an outward-facing knot and encourage vital branching in the next season.

Tips & Tricks

Although the summer-blooming clematis have nothing against a sunny location, the foot should always be shaded. In order to fulfill this premise, experienced hobby gardeners provide the clematis with a shade that provides them Underplanting. To do this, choose perennials that are weak in competition, such as the small forestphlox, Blue pillows, Asters or Cranesbill.