H. F. Young Clematis

clematis

vine

It is a perennial, flowering vine, see how the H. f. young clematis looks like in the garden and landscape.

H. F. Young Clematis is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this clematis are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.

Clematis details

Plant type

vine, flowering

Life cycle

perennial

Sun needs

part shade, full sun, part sun

Growth habit

climbing, twining

Flowering period

spring, summer, early summer, fall

Height at maturity

2 m - 3 m

Spread

1 m - 2 m

Spacing

1 m - 2 m apart to cover fences and walls

Soil type

loamy, sandy, clay, silty

Soil moist/drainage

well drained moist, well drained

Soil PH

5.5 - 7.0 (moderately acidic - neutral)

Water needs

average

Maintenance / care

low

Resistance to

deer, disease, heat, insect, humidity

Winter hardiness zones:

USDA:	4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b
ANBG:	1 2 3
RHS:	H7 H6 H5 H4 H3
PHZ:	5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a

H. F. Young Clematis variety is bred in Japan and is the most compact clematis, ideal for container culture. It has 6" wide flowers with 6-8 wedgewood blue sepals and pale yellow anthers and well-formed, attractive, spherical seedheads with the seed tails arranged in swirls.

Clematis HF Young flowers 2 times: late spring to early summer and again in late summer well into fall, so it's a features lovely blue flowering vine belongs on your deck, patio, arches, fences, rails, trellises, obelisks and posts.

Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators.

Clematis H.F. Young has pruning group 2. Clematis in this group should be pruned lightly in late winter or early spring. Pruning consists of removing weak and crossing shoots then thinning down the plant to a structure of evenly spaced one and two year old stems.

Cut each old stem just above a pair of healthy buds. You can under-plant with small shrubs or perennials to help conceal the bare stems. Alternatively, you can often force a flush of new growth from the base by cutting the vine back to 18 inches immediately after the flush of bloom.

An alternate method of pruning group 2 clematis is to prune only every three or four. This will produce a weak first flush of flowers in the summer after pruning.