Picton's Variety Clematis Plants

Picton's Variety Clematis Plants

'Picton's Clematis' lovely downy, maroon buds. Small, mid-pink to light purple-mauve, scented flowers in May and June. The stems are bronzed, with some bronzing on the deep green leaves.

Vigorous to 5-7 metres by 3-4 metres, which is on the smaller side for a montana.

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Delivery season: Clematis are delivered in pots year round, when in stock. It's usually best not to plant out pot grown plants in winter, but to keep them until Spring, because they'll establish faster in warm soil and give you better first year growth.
Choosing a size: Small plants are cheaper and more forgiving of less than ideal aftercare, so they're best for a big planting project. If instant impact is your priority, or if you are only buying a few plants for ornamental use in a place where it's convenient to water them well in their first year, then you may as well use bigger ones. All our climbing plants come in standard pot sizes.

Features

• Pink, sweetly scented in a sunny position.
• Flowers: May-June, occasional repeating.
• Bronze stems & touches on the deep green leaves.
• Type: Montana
• Habit: Climber
• Pruning group 1
• To 5-7 metres by 3-4 metres.

Growing Picton's Variety Clematis

It'll be happiest in alkaline or neutral soil. It prefers a warm, sunny corner, but light shade is fine (the perfume will be weaker, though). It's hardy, and tolerates a bit of wind.

Montanas rampage quite vigorously, so need something sturdy to support them.

History & Trivia

Bred around 1950 by Percy Picton (1904-1985), whose best known variety is Hagley Hybrid, created during his time as Head Gardener of Hagley Hall.