Clematis 'Minamo-no-Yōsei' 水面妖精

🌹Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Mina mo no Yōsei' / みずものようせい/ 水面の妖精 / 水面妖精
🇳🇱 Origin: Premium Japanese Selection
🌿 Class: Clematis (Early Large-Flowered / Group 2)
🌴 Height: 6 – 8 ft / 180 – 240 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 4.5" - 6" / 11 - 15 cm
🎨 Color: Ethereal lavender-blue to soft violet with delicate translucent shading
👃 Fragrance: None. Clean and refreshing visual appeal without scent.
🌸 Bloom Period: Late Spring to 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: Exceptional Double Blooms
☃️ Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 (Down to -30°C / -22°F)
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun to Partial shade (☀️/🌤️)
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✨ Key Highlights
🩵 Flower Beauty
Clematis 'Mina mo no Yōsei' captivates the senses with its extraordinarily intricate floral geometry. Opening in layers of luminous lavender-blue to soft violet, each 4.5 to 6-inch bloom showcases a delicate, translucent quality that captures outdoor sunlight effortlessly. The overlapping petals create a full, rosette-like silhouette with subtle tonal shifts from the outer edges to the center, evoking the serene imagery of water fairies dancing over quiet ponds.
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🌸 Bloom Performance
Rooted in its distinguished early large-flowered heritage, this Japanese selection is an outstanding seasonal performer. In late spring to early summer, mature overwintered vines erupt into a dense, magnificent flush of fully double blossoms. As summer transitions into early autumn, fresh new growth rewards gardeners with a secondary wave of flowers, extending visual interest across multiple seasons.
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🌿 Garden Performance
Reaching a manageable height of 6 to 8 feet, 'Mina mo no Yōsei' delivers exceptional versatility for modern landscape architecture. It weaves smoothly up decorative garden obelisks, wooden trellises, wire fences, and entryway arbors. Its cool lavender-blue tones contrast harmoniously when paired alongside cream, white, or soft pink climbing roses and silver-foliage perennials.

☀️ Plant Strengths
Built with superior winter resilience down to USDA Zone 4 (-30°C), 'Mina mo no Yōsei' handles freezing temperatures effortlessly and rebounds with strong vigor every spring. Its sturdy vine structure and predictable Group II light pruning regimen make it a dependable choice across diverse regional climates. When provided with well-draining soil and cool roots, it displays reliable disease resistance and consistent flower production year after year.
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✨ Why You'll Love It
Clematis 'Mina mo no Yōsei' is a must-have selection for botanical collectors, lovers of Japanese horticulture, and gardeners seeking sophisticated cool-toned color schemes. Its rare double blue-violet form brings an element of quiet luxury to vertical garden structures without demanding complex maintenance. Hardy, compact, and floriferous, this exquisite vine transforms ordinary outdoor spaces into romantic botanical sanctuaries.
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🌿 Growing Note
• Sunlight: Provide at least 6 hours of sunlight daily for the upper foliage while maintaining a shaded, cool root zone using organic mulch, flat stones, or shallow-rooted companion plants.
• Soil: Thrives in deep, fertile, organic-rich soil that drains exceptionally well, with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH.
• Watering: Maintain regular, deep watering during active growth; ensure soil remains consistently moist without becoming waterlogged.
• Fertilizing: Feed with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring as new shoots emerge, followed by a liquid bloom booster after the primary spring display.
• Pruning: Follow Group II pruning guidelines—in early spring, trim away dead or weak stems and cut remaining healthy vines back to a pair of strong, plump buds.
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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.