Clematis multi blue is a unique variety with large double flowers that conquer at first sight. Knowing how to properly grow this variety, you can create a unique design on your site by decorating gazebos, house facades, providing admiring luxurious flowering for the whole summer.
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Clematis Multi Blue: Variety Description
This variety is attractive not only for its high decorativeness, but also for its unpretentiousness. The variety belongs to the Patens group. This bushy deciduous vine is compact. Its shoots in one growing season grow to a length of 2 meters. Young stems are fragile and very flexible. With age, they become denser, but at the same time they remain supple.
- The root system of the variety is located almost on the surface, and therefore it is extremely undesirable to carry out loosening. Moreover, it is very easy to damage the roots, and cause the death of the vine. To prevent the appearance of a crust on the soil after watering, its surface must be mulched.
- Vegetation begins at the liana with the first heat, and the plant quickly grows. Its leaves are elongated, rather narrow, with a pointed end - they grow up to 10 cm in length.
- Flowering and buds occur during the entire warm period. Terry flowers, very lush purple-blue color. The diameter of the flower is 18 cm. Its center consists of many thin stamens of intense pink and less often red. The underside of the petals has a slight pubescence.
- Flower liana is recommended for cultivation in the open ground. However, if desired, it can be planted on the balcony, if a large load is allowed. With this cultivation, the plant will need a large capacity with the ground.
Outdoor landing
Landing clematis in open ground should be carried out according to certain rules. Violation leads to the fact that the plant is very sick and for a long time can not please the rapid flowering. If at the time of planting a seedling in open ground, everything is done correctly in the future with the cultivation of vines, there will be no difficulties. The main thing is to give time to get stronger.
How and when to plant?
The plant should be planted in the spring, before the moment when its buds are very swollen. Planting clematis with leaves is highly undesirable, but possible. In the fall, planting a creeper is also permissible, but this period is used only in the southern regions, since there is a high risk that the flower will not have time to take root and freeze in winter.
- Plant a plant in a pit 60x60x50 cm. A drainage layer of broken brick and expanded clay is provided at its bottom. After this, an earthen mound is formed on which the plant is established. Its roots are evenly laid out on the knoll.
- The root neck is buried by 8 cm. This, when the soil sags, will prevent exposure of the roots, which, if not immediately noticed, will easily lead to the death of the plant.
- The soil around the clematis is necessarily rammed, after which it is watered very abundantly.
Soil preparation and location
The area where clematis will grow is weeded at a distance of at least 1 meter from the pit prepared for the vine. This is necessary so that the weed does not drown the plant. The place is chosen precisely so as not to expose the plant to repeated stress during an additional transplant.
- The land for the mound is taken that remained after digging a hole, but enriched with humus, wood ash and manure. The first and third components are needed in the amount of ½ buckets, and the second - in the amount of 2 handfuls. If the soil is particularly poor, then a complex mineral fertilizer is also introduced (strictly according to the instructions).
Landing Nuances
It is necessary to plant clematis in a sunny and not windy place, where water flowing from the roof will not get on it. At noon, the area on which clematis grows should be in the shade, as this will ensure long-term preservation of the attractive appearance of the flowers. If they are in the sun all day, they will begin to fade.
Clematis Care
Caring for a plant is not difficult if it is properly organized right after planting.
Watering and feeding
Watering should be regular. In spring, clematis is watered once a week, and 5 liters of water are poured under it. With the beginning of flowering, watering is carried out 2 times a week, using 10 l of water for each vine. It is necessary to water in the evening, after which the soil is mulched.
Feeding clematis begins in the second year of its growth. Nitrogen fertilizers are used until buds are laid, and potash-phosphorus fertilizers are used after.
Organics are introduced in the middle of the flowering period and at the end of September. For this, a solution of chicken droppings is used.
Pruning
Pruning is done as needed in order to improve flowering. In June, after the end of the first wave of flowering, weak shoots are cut off. Also at this moment damaged and diseased stems are removed. Before winter, the plant is cut to a height of 1 meter, as this allows you to better cover it for the winter. Cut the stems so that they must have at least 5 buds. The plant belongs to type 2 pruning.
Winter preparations
For the winter, the vine is cut almost completely, leaving a 40 cm long stem. Clematis is covered on a dry day with a slight frost. Peat is poured on the ground around the plant and covered with spruce branches - this will prevent dampness. After that, already shortened stems are laid on such a pillow, covered with spruce branches and covering material.
In the spring, with the beginning of snow melting, the shelter is gradually dismantled, taking off once every 5 days along the layer. So clematis adapts more easily after winter.
Clematis Multi Blue: Diseases and Pests
Pests and diseases with proper agricultural technology usually do not affect the plant.If, after winter, the shoots begin to slightly heat up, they should be cut as much as possible and the plant should be watered with a weak solution of manganese.
From pests, drugs to protect flowering garden plants will help. They are sold in all horticultural departments. If necessary, processing is carried out 2-3 times a season.
Landscape design
Liana is used to decorate vertical surfaces and create flowering walls that divide garden areas. The plant is beautifully decorated with verandas, framed by arbors, pergolas and arches. A combination of several shades of colors looks especially impressive.
Planting and care of Clematis Multi Blue, carried out according to agricultural technology, will not present difficulties and even a beginner gardener will cope with them.
