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Clematis 'Hudson River' 哈德逊河流

Clematis 'Hudson River' 哈德逊河流

$39.99 USD
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🌹Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Hudson River' / 哈德逊河流
🌿 Class: Integrifolia Group Clematis
🌴 Height: 4 – 6.5 ft / 120 – 200 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 2.4" - 3.5" / 6 - 9 cm
🎨 Color: Deep violet to indigo-blue with pale yellow-green anthers
👃 Fragrance: None — Grown for vibrant color display and long-lasting cut flowers
🌸 Bloom Period: Early Summer (Main), Mid-Summer to Early Autumn (Flush)
🌟 Group: インテグリフォリア系 - Group 3 (Late Flowering / Integrifolia Group)
✂️ Pruning: III - Hard Pruning
🌤️ Best Feature: Excellent Repeat Bloomer
☃️ Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 (Down to -34°C / -30°F)
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun to Partial shade (☀️/🌤️)
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✨ Key Highlights
🩵 Flower Beauty
Clematis 'Hudson River' showcases mesmerising deep violet to indigo-blue blooms that open into perfect, outward-facing stars. Each flower measures between 2.4 to 3.5 inches across, featuring four to six pointed tepals with softly waved margins and subtle twists at the tips. The rich jewel-toned petals frame a contrasting center of pale yellow-green anthers, creating an eye-catching visual depth. The saturation of the blue-purple hue remains remarkably crisp throughout the summer, resisting fading even in hot conditions, making every blossom a standout focal point in the landscape.
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🌸 Bloom Performance
Engineered for exceptional productivity, 'Hudson River' delivers an explosive initial flush in early summer followed by steady waves of flowers through early autumn. As a member of the Integrifolia group, it flowers profusely on new growth produced during the current season. Deadheading spent blossoms or harvesting stems for indoor bouquets actively stimulates rapid branching and secondary bud formation. The sheer quantity of blooms per vine is outstanding, ensuring your garden remains blanketed in intense blue-purple color throughout the hot summer months when other perennials begin to fade.
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🌿 Garden Performance
Featuring a graceful semi-climbing and scrambling growth habit, this cultivar offers unlimited versatility for creative garden design. Reaching a manageable height of 4 to 6.5 feet, 'Hudson River' does not climb by twining leaf petioles as aggressively as large-flowered hybrids, making it the ultimate companion plant. Allow its flexible stems to scramble gracefully through classic shrub roses, spill over retaining walls, or weave through perennial borders. It also shines brilliantly in patio containers or trained loosely onto low trellises, OBELISKS, and garden fences.
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☀️ Plant Strengths
Renowned for its robust disease resistance and cold hardiness down to USDA Zone 4 (-34°C / -30°F), 'Hudson River' is an incredibly durable perennial built for long-term success. It exhibits excellent resistance to clematis wilt and summer heat stress, maintaining healthy foliage and continuous bud production when roots are kept cool and moist. Belonging to Group 3 for pruning, maintenance is effortlessly simple: cut the vine back hard near ground level in late winter, and it will rebound with vigorous new growth every spring, completely hassle-free.
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✨ Why You'll Love It
Whether you are an avid floral designer searching for long-lasting indigo accents or a garden collector seeking a low-maintenance, heavy-blooming perennial, Clematis 'Hudson River' is an indispensable addition. Its unique combination of rich star-shaped flowers, sturdy cut-flower stems, versatile scrambling habit, and easy Group 3 pruning makes it one of the most reliable blue clematis varieties available. It creates breathtaking garden partnerships when paired with pink roses, yellow daylilies, or silver foliage, offering high-impact beauty with minimal effort.
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🌿Growing Note
Sunlight: Position in full sun to partial shade (4–6+ hours of sun daily). Keep the base and root zone shaded with mulch or companion plants while allowing the vines to receive sunshine.
Soil: Plant in fertile, organic-rich, well-draining soil. Ideal pH is neutral to slightly alkaline (6.5–7.5). Amending soil with compost at planting provides excellent root establishment.
Watering: Maintain consistent soil moisture, especially during spring growth and hot summer dry spells. Avoid waterlogging around the crown.
Feeding: Feed with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring as new shoots emerge, followed by liquid high-potassium feeding every 3–4 weeks during peak flowering.
Support & Training: Guide non-clinging stems onto supports using soft plant ties, or let stems weave naturally through companion plants and shrubs.

Pruning: Group 3 (III) Hard Pruning — In late winter or early spring (February/March), prune all stems back to a pair of strong, healthy buds about 8–12 inches (20–30 cm) above the soil level.
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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.
Size

20 in stock

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📦 Securely packed to protect roots, stems and foliage.
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Planting Guide

Choose a location with well-drained soil.
☀️ Most varieties perform best in Full Sun to Partial Shade.
💧 Water thoroughly after planting.
🌿 Apply mulch to help retain moisture.
📏 Follow the recommended spacing listed above.

Plant Care

Rose

🌹 Feed in early spring.✂️ Remove spent blooms to encourage repeat flowering.💧 Water deeply during dry periods.🍂 Prune according to the variety.❄️ Protect young plants during severe winters.

Clematis

🌿 Plant the crown 2–3 inches below soil level.🪴 Provide support for climbing.💧 Keep roots cool and evenly moist.✂️ Prune according to its pruning group.🌞 Grow in Full Sun with shaded roots whenever possible.

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