clematis [Petit Faucon]

Plant in a moisture-retentive, well-drained soil, with the roots and base of the plant kept cool and shaded by other plants or a layer of pebbles at the base. Plant with the crown of the clematis level with the soil. Ideal for growing through shrubs in the border

Propagate by division or basal stem cuttings

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

May suffer from Clematis slime flux