Clematis integrifolia mix

MONGOLIAN BELLS

Clematis integrifolia mix
MONGOLIAN BELLS

Clematis integrifolia mix Mongolian Bells, have large, nodding flowers in the loveliest range of colours.
Including blue, purple, violet, pink and creamy white.
With the petals on each flower curled back like pagodas.

Flocks of flying pagodas in romantic colours

So a shrub in full flower looks like a flock of flying pagodas.
And Mongolian Bells bloom profusely over spring and summer, so they make unusual garden assets, with particularly rich colours.

Graceful mounding shrub clematis (not a climber)

Because Mongolian Bells are graceful shrub clematis rather than climbers.
So they form their own mounds without any support.

Lovely flowers & decorative fluffy heads for vases

So Clematis integrifolia mix Mongolian Bells are spectacular in flower beds, rose gardens, pots and tripods.
Where you can plant them amongst the rose bushes or other flowers, and just leave them to get on with the business of flowering.
Plus the blooms make lovely cut flowers, and the fluffy autumn seed heads are decorative in the garden and also wonderful cut for vases.

Low maintenance & easy growing

Clematis integrifolia mix Mongolian Bells grow 60-90cm high and make low maintenance, easy growing, perennial clumps.
Mongolian Bells are self supporting, unless you particularly wish to display them on a tripod – where they will scramble up to a low height.
These lovely plants enjoy the same conditions as roses, with the same taste for a fair amount of sun, occasional deep watering, summer feed, mulch and some lime.

Hardy in both frost or humidity

Clematis integrifolia Mongolian Bells Mix are frost hardy in winter and also tolerate summer humidity.
They are deciduous, with butter yellow autumn colour foliage.
So the only work is to chop the mounds back to the socks at the end of autumn, and then enjoy the new stems that come again in spring.
Clematis integrifolia Mongolian Bells are not at all invasive, having no runners, but instead form denser and even more prolific blooming clumps each year.

SEED SOWING ADVICE:

Sow indoors at any time.

Sow indoors for best germination: First sow the seeds in punnet on the surface of good quality seed raising mix.
Then lightly cover with seed mix, sand or vermiculite to a depth the same as the diameter of seed.

Now ensure the punnet is thoroughly moist all the way through by soaking it in a water-bath and allowing the moisture to percolate through from beneath.

Then place the moist punnet in a well-lit position (not in direct sunlight).

Temperatures of approx. 15-22C are best for optimum and rapid germination.
You can use a temperature controlled heat mat to maintain best temperatures.

Seeds usually germinate in approx. 30 days.

However if no seeds have germinated after 30 days, then the seeds will need a period of chilling (a “pretend winter”).
So wrap the moist, sown punnet in cling-wrap and place in the fridge (not freezer) for 4-6 weeks.

Then bring the punnet out to the well-lit position again, unwrap, and keep at approx. 15-22C. for seeds to sprout.

Do not discard the punnet as it is natural for some seeds to be faster to germinate than others.

Seed Count: 12 seeds per pack approx.
(We always aim to exceed the stated seed count, and give a generous serve).

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