Duchess of Cornwall Clematis Plants

Duchess of Cornwall Clematis Plants

'Duchess of Cornwall Clematis' great big imperial purple flowers with cream-white stamens in May to September on a compact plant ideal for patios. To 1-1.5m

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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 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

• Size: 1 - 1.5m
• Colour: Purple
• Scent: None/Light
• Flowering: May-Sept
• Type: Late large-flowered
• Habit: Shrub
• Pruning group 3

Growing The Duchess of Cornwall Clematis

It'll be happiest in alkaline or neutral soil. Fully hardy, it's best to plant it out of full sun in the Southern half of the island, because too much sun, especially at midday, tends to fade the colour.

History & Trivia

Part of the Boulevard collection by Raymond Evison and Poulsen Nursery, which are either very low climbers, or dwarf varieties that grow like a shrub. All of them are great for pots and patios. Introduced 2016.

The Dukedom of Cornwall is not hereditary, but is assigned to the eldest male heir to the throne. The first recorded Duchess of Cornwall was Joan, Countess of Kent (1328-1361), who adopted the title Dowager Duchess of Cornwall when her husband, the Black Prince, died.