‘Sarah Elizabeth’ Clematis
Clematis ‘Evipo098′ SARAH ELIZABETH
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Flowering Vine
Height or Length at Maturity: 4-5′
Width at Maturity: 2-5′
Spacing: 2-3′ apart to cover low fences and walls
Spacing: 2-3′ apart to cover low fences and walls
Growth Habit / Form: Compact, Climbing, Dense, Twining
Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast
Flower Color: Glowing Bubblegum-Pink with Burgundy Stamens
Flower Type: Single, star-shaped
Flower Size: 5″
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer reblooming in Late Summer to Early Fall
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer reblooming in Late Summer to Early Fall
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt
Soil Drainage: Moist but Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0
Maintenance / Care: Low
Pruning Group: 3
Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
A glowing beauty that prefers life on the shady side, the ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ Clematis features abundant, star-shaped flowers with overlapping bubblegum-pink petals having distinctly ruffled edges surrounding contrasting burgundy stamens. The flowers seem to glow in partially shaded to shady sites. The first bloom cycle occurs in late spring to early summer and is followed by a second show of flowers in late summer to early fall. At 4 to 5 feet tall and spreading equally as wide, Sarah Elizabeth is ideal for use in containers where it will climb a small trellis or obelisk but will also cascade over the edges. Also ideal as a bushy groundcover or spiller over walls or to cover short fences, rails and posts.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Climbing 4 to 5 feet high and spreading 2 to 5 feet in width, the Empress Clematis is ideal for growing on fences, trellises, arches, mailbox and other posts, obelisks, poles, lamp posts and other structures. Excellent for pots, planters and other containers situated on patios, decks and around other outdoor living spaces where the amazing flowers can be viewed from close up. A fine addition to Clematis gardens, pink theme gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 2 to 3 feet apart to cover low fences and walls
Growing Preferences
This Clematis is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. Though it tolerates dry periods when established, it will appreciate an occasional watering in prolonged periods of dry weather. Make sure not to plant this one too deep as it tends to smother the plant. See pruning instructions just below.
Clematis Pruning Group 3
Sarah Elizabeth Clematis is in pruning group 3, which consists of late-flowering species that bloom from mid-summer into fall. This group flowers on the last 2 to 3 feet of the current season’s growth (new wood). They are easy to prune because you do not need to maintain any old wood. In February or March, cut each stem to a height of 1 or 2 feet above the ground. Always make sure to leave two good buds below where you make your cut. New growth will emerge from these buds to produce the current seasons vines and blooms. Although on some varieties you will be removing some green stems and buds, this treatment keeps these vigorous growers in bounds. If not pruned, these vines will quickly become a mass of old diseased woody stems producing very few flowers.
Helpful Articles
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