Clematis 'Helsingborg'
alpine clematis (group 1) (syn. Clematis alpina Helsingborg)




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This captivating and award-winning early season climber heralds the spring with its enchanting single, bell-shaped blossoms in a rich blue-purple hue, each adorned with purplish-brown centres, succeeded by silvery, fluffy seed heads.
Growing to a manageable size, Clematis ‘Helsingborg' is a deciduous clematis that boasts slender, slender, serrated leaflets which thrives in partial shade, effortlessly clambering or intertwining with robust shrubs or trees.
To avoid dry conditions, and to ensure good soil contact around the rootball, we advise planting climbers at least 30cm (12in), and preferably 45-60cm (18-24in) away from the base of a wall or fence. An even larger distance should be maintained when planting climbers beside an existing tree or shrub.
Clematis need their roots to be kept cool and moist, so plant the base of theseclimbers in light shade or provide shading with other plants or a dressing of pebbles.
No routine pruning is necessary. If the spread of the plant needs to be restricted prune immediately after flowering, cutting back overlong shoots to healthy buds.
Apply a slow-release balanced fertiliser and a mulch of well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant in early spring.
Full sun / light shade
Average
Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, or peat-free general purpose compost
Fully hardy
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