Rare Beauties Clematis Collection

Choose a sunny or partially shaded exposure. In a sunny exposure, shade the base of your plant with a ground cover plant or a perennial geranium. Clematis plants like to have cool feet. Install your plant by covering the root ball with 3 cm (1 in) of soil, in soil worked to a depth of 20 cm (8 in), enriched with good compost. During the first few weeks, water abundantly and regularly. Clematis plants attach themselves using their tendrils. To promote their growth, provide them with a trellis support or let them cover the trunk of a tree by placing a wire mesh. Clematis plants also like to grow freely on neighbouring plants. You can prune them in June up to a height of 1 m (3 ft). We advise you not to water them too much, as stagnant water can cause fungus at the base of the clematis plants.