Clematis ‘’Lucky Charm| お守り|幸运符‘’

🌹 Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Lucky Charm' / お守り
🇯🇵 Origin: Premium Japanese Cultivar
🌿 Class: Late Large-Flowered / Viticella Group
🌲 Product Size: 1.5 Gal Live Plant
🌴 Height: 6 – 10 ft / 180 – 300 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 3" - 4.5" / 8 - 12 cm
🎨 Color: Bi-color gradient, pure white center with deep violet-purple margins
👃 Fragrance: None to Light
🌸 Bloom Period: Early Summer to Early Autumn (Continuous Flushes)
🌟 Group: 新枝咲き系 - Group 3 (Late Large-Flowered / Viticella)
✂️ Pruning: III - Hard Pruning (Cut back to 12" from the ground in early spring)
🌤️ Best Feature: Spectacular blooming abundance and excellent wilt resistance
☃️ Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 (Down to -30°C / -22°F)
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun to Partial shade (☀️/🌤️)
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✨ Key Highlights
🩵 Mesmerizing Bi-Color Artistic Palette
Clematis 'Lucky Charm' delivers an absolute visual spectacle with its unique, glowing gradient petals. Each flower opens to reveal a pristine white to soft lavender-white core that beautifully bleeds into a bold, velvety violet-purple rim. The contrasting central cream stamens enhance its elegant silhouette. As the temperatures shift between early summer and autumn, the intensity of the purple borders creates a dynamic, ever-changing living painting on your garden walls.
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🔄 Unmatched Blooming Abundance & Vigorous Growth
Engineered for performance, this premium Japanese vine is an aggressive bloomer that flowers generously on new current-season growth. Unlike older varieties that only bloom at the very top, 'Lucky Charm' branches out eagerly, clothing itself in a dense blanket of flowers from mid-summer until frost. It is a true "waterfall of blooms" that fills vertical garden structures faster and denser than standard climbers.
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⏳ Weather-Resistant, Silky Petals with Long Vase Life
The petals boast a thick, luxurious texture that withstands heavy summer rainstorms and scorching mid-day sun without bleaching or melting. Individual flowers stay crisp and vibrant for weeks on the vine. Furthermore, its sturdy stems make it a stellar unexpected choice for premium floral arrangements, offering an elegant trailing element for indoor vases.
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☀️ Superior Heat Tolerance & Reliable Wilt Resistance
One of the biggest heartbreaks for gardeners is Clematis Wilt. 'Lucky Charm' provides ultimate peace of mind with its exceptional disease-resistant genetics inherited from tough viticella heritage. It thrives effortlessly across a wide climate range, from chilly Northern zones down to humid, hot Southern summers, remaining lush and green when others struggle.
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🚀 Effortless Group 3 Maintenance for Newbie Success
Say goodbye to complicated pruning confusion. Because this plant sets buds entirely on new spring growth, maintenance is completely foolproof. Even if a harsh winter dies it back to the ground, it will return stronger. Its well-mannered, compact climbing habit makes it equally exceptional for vertical garden beds or growing as a majestic thriller in large patio containers.
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🌿 Growing Note
Sunlight: Prefers a location with at least 5-6 hours of direct sunlight for the brightest purple margins, though it handles partial afternoon shade beautifully.
Soil & Water: Plant in rich, organic, well-draining soil. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish a massive root system.
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Pruning & Re-bloom: In late winter or early spring, cut all stems down to around 12 inches (30 cm) from the soil level, just above a pair of healthy, swollen buds. Apply a slow-release rose or tomato fertilizer right after pruning to trigger a chaotic, beautiful explosion of summer blooms.
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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.