Ernest Markham Clematis

Description:

A popular variety of this wonderful flowering climber and with good reason; abundant fuchsia-red flowers are produced throughout the summer on a vigorous vine, a great plant for the novice and expert gardener alike

Ornamental Features:

Ernest Markham Clematis features showy fuchsia star-shaped flowers with buttery yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. It has green foliage throughout the season. The compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Ernest Markham Clematis is a multi-stemmed deciduous vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance vine. It is a Type 3 clematis; each spring it should be pruned back to within a few inches of the ground, as it flowers on new wood of the season. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Ernest Markham Clematis is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• General Garden Use
• Hedges/Screening
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Ernest Markham Clematis will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. As a climbing vine, it tends to be leggy near the base and should be underplanted with low-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence, trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it, or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This vine should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in both summer and winter to conserve soil moisture and protect it in exposed locations or colder zones.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.