Vine Clematis Candy Stripe #2

Candy Stripe Clematis features showy lavender star-shaped flowers with creamy white eyes and hot pink stripes at the ends of the branches from mid spring to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

It is a multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This is a relatively low maintenance woody vine. It is a Type 2 clematis, which means it will bloom primarily on old wood of the previous season, with a second flush later in summer. Dead and weak vines should be removed in late winter, and remaining vines should be trimmed back to the first buds that are seen to remove dead stems. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard.