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Clematis 'Princess of Wales'
Clematis 'Princess of Wales'
Growth height 250 cm
Historic Elegance in Blue
- – Large, pale blue flowers from June through late summer
- – Classic climber for trellises, pergolas and containers
- – Only light pruning needed – hardy to -23 °C
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Goes well with
- Colour
- blue
- Height
- 250 cm
- Flower size
- 10-15 cm
- Flowering period
- June + July to August
- Pruning / care
- cut back to 100 cm in June
- Pruning group
- 2
- Hardiness
- Zone 6 -23.3 to -17.8 °C
- Supplied as
- 2 l pot, with sturdy shoots
Clematis 'Princess of Wales' was bred in 1875 by the English nursery G. Jackman & Son as a seedling of Clematis lanuginosa 'Violacea' and named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who married the future King Edward VII in 1863. Its large, pale blue flowers reach 10 to 15 cm across, with broad, slightly recurved petals and striking stamens: white filaments with brownish-purple anthers that turn reddish toward the base of the flower.
The main flush appears in June, followed by a second flowering period in high summer between July and August. Growing to around 250 cm, 'Princess of Wales' is ideally suited to trellises, climbing frames, pergolas and large containers, and can easily be trained up house walls or fences.
'Princess of Wales' is reliably hardy (zone 6, down to about -23 °C) and needs only light pruning: in June, cut the shoots back to around 100 cm so the plant branches out bushily and reliably reblooms. The variety is considered robust and easy to care for, and was reintroduced to Britain in 1968 by New Zealand grower Jim Fisk after having fallen out of cultivation there.
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Pr of Wales was a disappointment, every year it was badly hit by wilt. In addition, the light blue was more of a greyish blue. Whether it will shoot again this year is doubtful; all the other clematis already show tips that want to sprout (mid Feb. 11), but this one still looks dead.Automatically translated · Show original
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.
