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Clematis 'Kitahama' 北浜
Clematis 'Kitahama' 北浜
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🌹Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Kitahama' / 北滨 / きたはま
🇯🇵 Origin: Premium Japanese Selection
🌿 Class: Early Large-Flowered Group Clematis
🌴 Height: 4.5 – 6.5 ft / 140 – 200 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 4.5" - 6.0" / 12 - 15 cm
🎨 Color: Pure snow white with soft icy greenish-white undertones
👃 Fragrance: None — Grown for magnificent large double blooms
🌸 Bloom Period: Early Summer (Main), Late Summer to Early Autumn (Flush)
🌟 Group: 旧枝咲き系 (早咲き大輪系) - Group 2 (Early Large-Flowered)
✂️ Pruning: II - Light Pruning
🌤️ Best Feature: Large Double Flowers
☃️ 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 'Kitahama' presents an exquisite display of double and semi-double star-shaped flowers that command immediate attention. Spanning 4.5 to 6.0 inches in diameter, each bloom features multiple overlapping layers of crisp, pointed tepals in pure snow-white with subtle icy greenish-white undertones near the centers. As the flowers mature, they expand into full, architectural rosettes that hold their pristine shape exceptionally well, creating an atmosphere of serene, high-end elegance in any outdoor setting.
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🌸 Bloom Performance
Boasting a rewarding dual-season blooming habit, 'Kitahama' delivers two distinct waves of floral brilliance each year. The initial, most dramatic spectacle arrives in early summer, produced abundantly on mature wood from the previous year. After a brief summer rest, a second flush of blooms emerges on new seasonal shoots from late summer into early autumn. This reliable repeat-blooming trait guarantees months of visual interest, ensuring your vertical garden spaces remain lively and continuously dressed in white.
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🌿 Garden Performance
With a refined, compact climbing height of 4.5 to 6.5 feet, 'Kitahama' offers outstanding landscape versatility without overpowering nearby plantings. It twines gracefully using leaf petioles, making it ideal for training up garden obelisks, entry arbors, porch trellises, or decorative wire frames. It also excels as a centerpiece in large patio containers, allowing gardeners with balconies or smaller courtyards to experience luxury Japanese clematis breeding up close.
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☀️ Plant Strengths
Demonstrating robust cold hardiness down to USDA Zone 4 (-34°C / -30°F), 'Kitahama' is a durable perennial designed to withstand harsh winter conditions. It possesses strong natural resilience against common foliar diseases and heat stress, maintaining clean green foliage throughout the growing season when provided with cool, shaded root conditions. Its Group 2 pruning requirement is straightforward, rewarding simple spring maintenance with years of reliable performance.
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✨ Why You'll Love It
For collectors of rare Japanese cultivars and enthusiasts of classic white flower gardens, Clematis 'Kitahama' is a prized addition. Its combination of large double white blooms, dual-season flowering, manageable compact habit, and high aesthetic appeal elevates any garden design. It forms breathtaking contrasts when planted alongside deep purple clematis, red climbing roses, or dark green evergreen backdrop hedges, offering timeless beauty with every bloom cycle.
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🌿Growing Note
To help your 'Kitahama' clematis thrive and achieve its maximum blooming potential, follow these essential care guidelines:
Sunlight: Position in full sun to partial shade, ensuring the vines receive 4–6 hours of direct sunlight while keeping the root zone shaded with mulch or shallow-rooted groundcovers.
Soil: Plant in fertile, humus-rich, well-draining soil with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH (6.5–7.5). Enhance heavy soils with compost or coarse grit before planting.
Watering: Provide deep, regular watering to maintain consistent soil moisture, especially during spring vine extension and summer dry periods. Avoid waterlogging.
Feeding: Apply a slow-release balanced fertilizer in early spring as buds begin to swell, followed by a liquid bloom booster after the primary early summer bloom flush.
Pruning: Group 2 (II) Light Pruning — In late winter or early spring, carefully remove dead or weak stems, then lightly trim back remaining healthy vines to a pair of strong, plump buds to preserve overwintered flowering wood.
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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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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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