tube clematis

Plant in a moisture-retentive, well-drained soil. Keep the base of the plant and roots cool and shaded by other plants or a layer of pebbles or flat stones at the base. Plant with the crown of the clematis at soil level. Mulch in late winter with garden compost or well-rotted manure, avoiding the immediate crown. Ideal for a border where it can be supported by other plants

Treat more like a herbaceous perennial, taking all stems to ground level in autumn or just before growth starts in spring

Propagate by division in spring.

Young shoots may be troubled by aphids and caterpillars; petals can be eaten by earwigs

May suffer from clematis slime flux