Common
name: "Leather Flower" or "Scarlet
Clematis"
Latin name: Clematis texensis
Zone: 4
- 9 to 7500'
Growth habit: Climbing vine
Max height: 6' - 15'
Spread: 12" - 24"
Flowers: Yes, July - August. 2" flowers.
Native to area: No, Southern
USA.
Available varieties: 100+
Sunshine:
Water:
Pictured: Clematis
texensis 'Duchess of Albany'
Cultivation:
Plant Clematis in full sun to very light shade in fertile well
drained soils. Clematis prefer to have a cool root system so it is
best to mulch new Clematis vines for the first two seasons. Once
established the vines of the Clematis plants should shade its root
system.
For detailed care information visit the Clematis
Care page.
