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Clematis 'Blue Dancer'
Clematis 'Blue Dancer'
Growth height 300 cm
Delicate blue spring bells
- – Nodding, pale blue flowers with a white centre from April to May
- – Vigorous climber to about 300 cm for trellises, fences and containers
- – Hardy to zone 5 – for sunny as well as partly shaded spots
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Goes well with
- Colour
- blue
- Height
- 300 cm
- Flower size
- 7-8 cm
- Flowering period
- April to May
- Pruning / care
- cut back to 100 cm in June
- Pruning group
- 1
- Hardiness
- Zone 5 -28.8 to -23.4 °C
- Supplied as
- 2 l pot, with sturdy shoots
Clematis alpina 'Blue Dancer' belongs to the Atragene group and comes from England. The flowers hang nodding from the shoots and open in blue, measuring 7-8 cm. Four narrow, slightly twisted sepals, up to 7.5 cm long, surround white staminodes and give the bloom its lively, dancing shape.
'Blue Dancer' flowers from April to May and carries its blooms on the previous year's wood. At around 300 cm, it climbs vigorously up trellises, fences and pergolas, but can also be led through shrubs or grown in a large container. It grows in sun to partial shade and copes with any aspect, best in humus-rich, evenly moist, well-drained soil. Keep the base and roots cool and shaded, for example with underplanting or flat stones.
'Blue Dancer' is reliably hardy (zone 5, -28.8 to -23.4 °C). For vigorous growth and abundant flowering, cut your Clematis Blue Dancer back to about 100 cm in June. When planting, set the crown 5 to 8 cm below the soil surface – this way it also reliably resprouts from below ground. Gloves are advisable when pruning and planting, as the sap can irritate the skin.
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So happy to see a clematis here .I meant to grow one insdie this year got caught up with so many other garden chores that I forgot and my envy is so palpablei t is probably emanating through the screen. What a beauty. I have heard of some new varieties bred for indoor ( and outdoor ) conatiner growing , they are the Garland Collection from Ray Envison( a c.florida cross) but have had no success finding a source yet.As for your newly aquired enthusiasm for trying more outdoors, I will advise you to try other vitacellas ( the group BettyC belongs to) .Etoille Violet, Purpurea Plena Elegans, Kermesina ..all easy no fuss varieties that are wilt resistant. Also , our native texensis has many embarrassingly easy to grow cultivars ..Princess Diana, Gravetye Beauty ( my fav), and Duchess of Albany all striking reds but in need of full sun. Dan at Brushwood Nursery has great plants and so does Hummingbird Farm in ME.ps my achilles heel plant is cyclamen, dies upon arrival here yet I try and try .
Read here what you should bear in mind when planting and how to prepare the planting site.
Everything about pruning groups and how to interpret them for the right pruning.
