Introduced in 2010, Ice Blue has lovely, big blue-tinted white blooms, perfect for that slightly shady spot in your garden. The flower colour is best retained over the lifetime of the bloom in partial shade. From the Prairie Series, this deciduous climber, has a flurry of flowers in early summer and then blooms intermittently later in the season.
Clematis prefer a moist, well-drained, humus rich soil with the roots and base of the plant kept cool and shaded by other plants or a layer of pebbles at the base. Ice Blue is a group 2 clematis, prune in February and after the first flush of flowers in early summer. 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, well-drained soil
Fully hardy
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