Clematis 'Magic Fountain' 魔法喷泉

🌹 Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Magic Fountain' / 魔法喷泉 / マジック・ファウンテン / Majikku Founten
🇯🇵 Origin: Premium Japanese Cultivar (A dark-colored sport of Crystal Fountain)
🌿 Class: Early Large-Flowered Group (Clematis)
🌲 Product Size: 1 Gallon Live Plant
🌴 Height: 5 – 6.5 ft / 150 – 200 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 4.5" - 6" / 11 - 15 cm
🎨 Color: Rich, deep violet-blue with an intricate lavender-purple "fountain" pom-pom center
👃 Fragrance: None to Light
🌸 Bloom Period: Late Spring to Early Summer (Main double flush on old wood), Late Summer to Autumn (Repeat blooms on new growth)
🌟 Group: 旧枝咲き系 (早咲き大輪系) - Group 2 (Early Large-Flowered)
✂️ Pruning: II - Light Pruning
🌤️ Best Feature: Extremely long-lasting blooms; the unique needle-like "fountain" center remains ornamental for weeks after the outer petals fall.
☃️ Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 (Down to -30°C / -22°F)
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun to Partial shade (☀️/🌤️)
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✨ Key Highlights
🩵 Mysterious Midnight Tones & Unrivaled Fountain Structure
Unlike its parent variety 'Crystal Fountain', the rare 'Magic Fountain' boasts a significantly deeper, richer palette of velvety dark violet-blue. This intense backdrop makes the central "fountain"—a dense, architectural dome of lavender-blue and lime-tipped needle-like stamens—pop with mesmerizing contrast. It adds an elite, collector-worthy aesthetic to your outdoor sanctuary.
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🔄 Spectacular Double Blooms & Continuous Garden Drama
This prolific climber puts on a theatrical show twice a year. In late spring, previous-season wood bursts with large, fully double flowers of incredible complexity. As summer transitions into autumn, 'Magic Fountain' pushes out a second wave of elegant semi-double to single flowers on vigorous new growth, ensuring your vertical garden stays vibrant all season long.
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⏳ Ultra-Durable Blooms with Extended Viewing Windows
Tired of delicate flowers that shatter in the first summer rain? 'Magic Fountain' is engineered for endurance. Even when the outer framing petals finally drop after weeks of display, the central "fountain" crown remains beautifully intact on the vine. This rare trait effectively extends the bloom's lifespan, making it an extraordinary, long-lasting candidate for fresh-cut floral designs.
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☀️ Adaptable, Cold-Hardy, and Heat-Resilient
Originating from elite breeding lines, this cultivar handles environmental stress with ease. It is fully winter-hardy down to USDA Zone 4 (-30°F) and adapts seamlessly to warm summer regions up to Zone 9. Simply ensure its roots are kept cool and insulated with mulch, and it will reward you with lush, disease-resistant foliage and rich, non-fading flowers.
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🚀 Perfectly Scaled for Container Gardening & Small Patios
While other clematis varieties can aggressively consume a garden, 'Magic Fountain' is naturally compact and wonderfully well-behaved. Topping out at a manageable 5 to 6.5 feet, it is the absolute dream choice for small urban spaces, vertical patio containers, mailboxes, and low decorative garden fences.
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🌿 Growing Note
Light: Performs best in full sun to partial shade. Provide afternoon shade in extremely hot climates to protect and prolong the deep purple pigments.
Soil: Plant in fertile, neutral to alkaline, highly-permeable soil. Good drainage is key to preventing root rot.
Pruning (Group II): In late winter or early spring, do not heavy-prune! Simply clear out dead or weak vines, then lightly cut back the remaining healthy stems to a pair of large, plump buds (usually 3-4 feet from the ground) to secure your spring double-bloom explosion.
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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.