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Clematis 'Grace'

Tangutica Group

(Syn.
Clematis tangutica 'Grace' )

Robin Savill writes: "Although raised in 1925, 'Grace' did not enter Skinner's catalogue until 1939. By the middle of the 1940's it was no longer included. Since then it had been considered lost to horticulture until, in 1998, Stanley Zubrowski (also of Canada and familiar with the late Dr Skinner's work) received a mysterious parcel from Holland containing, what later proved to be, a specimen of 'Grace'. John Fopma of Holland had been sent a plant by Magnus Johnson of Sweden, who presumably received a plant from Dr Skinner.

Grow in a Pot

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Soil

Humus-rich Sand with Chalk

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Deciduous Climber

Height x Spread in feet

10-13

Foliage

Dark Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

"Small, creamy white, outward facing flowers with red-purple stamens. July-September" from Clematis on the Web

Comment

Normally the foliage should be in the Sun while the roots are kept cool in the shade and moist.

"All Clematis need a deep rich loam and they like lime. On thin soils, calcareous types included, they are a failure. Heavy clay is excellent if it is broken up and mixed with weathered ashes and leafmould. Dig the soil deeply and add plenty of old, well-rotted cow manure. The best time for planting is September and October, the preparation of the soil being done in the spring. The following March cut them back drastically to a bud witin 6 inches (15cm) of the base. This initial treatment of all types of Clematis encourages strong, healthy growth. Similarly, pinching out the tips of too vigorous shoots encourages them to branch and flower, but it should not be done later than June." from Climbing Plants and Some Wall Shrubs by Douglas Bartrum (Published by The Garden Book Club in 1968).

Plant the top of the rootball about 3" below the soil surface to reduce risk of clematis wilt, and water well.

Climbing Cultivation Group:-

Group 3 Late Season, large-flowered Clematis. This group includes cultivars that bear large flowers from summer to early autumn, cultivars that bear small flowers from summer to late autumn, and herbaceous midsummer to late autumn-blooming species and cultivars. Hard Prune - Cut back all the previous year's stems to a pair of strong buds, 0.5 feet above soil level before growth begins in early spring. Flowers from Summer to early Autumn. Grow to clothe a wall, arbour, trellis or pergola.

Available from Hawthornes Nursery.
Photographs by Hawthornes Nursery.