Clematis 博纳迪恩‘ Bernadine ’

🌹 Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Bernadine' / 铁线莲 博纳迪恩
🇬🇧 Origin: Premium British Collection
🌿 Class: Early Large-Flowered Group
🌲 Product Size: 1 or 2 Gal Live Plant (Based on Selection)
🌴 Height: 3 – 5 ft / 100 – 150 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 4" - 5" / 10 - 12 cm
🎨 Color: Icy Silvery-Blue to Pale Lavender with Maroon Anthers
👃 Fragrance: None to Very Light
🌸 Bloom Period: Spring (Main), Summer to Autumn (Repeat Flush)
🌟 Group: 旧枝咲き系 (早咲き大輪系) - Group 2 (Early Large-Flowered)
✂️ Pruning: II - Light Pruning
🌤️ Best Feature: Extremely Shade Tolerant & Compact "Flower Machine"
☃️ Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 (Down to -30°C / -22°F)
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun to Partial shade (☀️/🌤️)
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✨ Key Highlights
🩵 [Ethereal Color Shifts & Striking Visual Texture]
Clematis 'Bernadine' is a visual masterpiece, introducing an elite color palette to your garden. The large star-shaped blossoms emerge in a soft, dreamy lilac-lavender tone before maturing into a luminous, icy silvery-blue. This shimmering, ice-like hue is beautifully juxtaposed against a prominent central boss of white filaments tipped with deep maroon-chocolate anthers. This dramatic contrast gives each flower an exquisite, multidimensional look that stands out brilliantly from a distance.
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🔄 [Excellent Branching & Non-Stop Prolific Rebloom]
Engineered for spectacular garden performance, this variety exhibits an outstanding self-branching habit that creates a bushy, dense framework from the ground up. As a true repeat bloomer, 'Bernadine' delivers a magnificent primary flush of flowers in late spring on old wood, followed immediately by continuous waves of blooms on new growth throughout the summer and well into autumn. It functions as a literal "flower machine," ensuring your garden remains vibrant for months.
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⏳ [Durable Petal Substance & All-Weather Resilience]
Unlike older clematis varieties whose delicate petals easily tear or bleach out under harsh conditions, 'Bernadine' boasts thick, resilient petal substance. The blossoms hold their exquisite structure through heavy summer rain showers and resist fading even when grown in sun-drenched settings. Additionally, its robust stems ensure that the large 10-12cm flowers stand upright and proud, making them wonderful for cutting and creating ethereal indoor floral arrangements.
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☀️ [Outstanding Shade Tolerance & Robust Disease Resistance]
Perfect for filling tricky gaps in your landscape, this variety is highly shade-tolerant, making it excellent for brightening up northern walls, covered patios, or partially shaded borders where other vining plants struggle. It is highly adaptable and features a rugged resistance to common pests and devastating diseases like clematis wilt. Furthermore, it is naturally deer and rabbit resistant, giving you a worry-free growing experience.
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🚀 [Ultra-Compact Silhouette & High Beginner-Friendly Appeal]
Maturing at a polite and manageable 3 to 5 feet, 'Bernadine' completely redefines vertical interest for small-space gardeners. It lacks the aggressive, unmanageable habit of standard climbers, making it the premier choice for container planting on balconies, decks, or courtyards. It is incredibly easy to grow, requires minimal maintenance, and is highly forgiving—offering novice gardeners professional-looking, breathtaking results with basic care.
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🌿 Growing Note
For optimal success, plant your Clematis 'Bernadine' in rich, fertile, and well-drained soil. It adapts beautifully to locations ranging from full sun to partial shade. To get the truest icy-blue colors, a spot with dappled afternoon shade is ideal. Always plant the crown 2-3 inches beneath the soil surface to stimulate healthy base shoots, and keep the root zone cool with a thick layer of mulch or low groundcovers. For Group II pruning, simply do a light tidy-up in late winter or early spring by removing dead or weak wood and cutting back remaining stems to the first pair of plump, healthy buds. Feed with a slow-release balanced fertilizer twice a year to fuel its continuous blooming cycles.
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📦 Live Plant Notice
This product is shipped as a high-quality live plant. Please note that plant height, leaf density, and current blooming stage will naturally vary depending on the season, shipping transit, and current nursery pruning cycles.
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🌹 100% guarantee that the plants are the correct version!
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📦 We offer free replacements for any plant deaths, losses, or damages during shipping! [Please contact us to file a claim within 2 days of the package's arrival.]