Clematis 'Princess Red' 绯红公主

🌹Product Details
📛 Name: Clematis 'Princess Red' / プリンセス・レッド / 绯红公主
🇳🇱 Origin: Premium Japanese Selection
🌿 Class: Texensis Clematis Group
🌴 Height: 6.5 – 10 ft / 200 – 300 cm
🌺 Flower Size: 1.5" – 2.5" / 4 – 6 cm
🎨 Color: Vibrant Crimson-Red to Deep Rose-Red with Soft Pinkish-White Interiors
👃 Fragrance: None
🌸 Bloom Period: Early Summer to Mid-Autumn (Continuous Flush)
🌟 Group: 新枝咲き系 (テキセンシス系) - Group 3 (Texensis)
✂️ Pruning: III - Hard Pruning
🌤️ Best Feature: Excellent Repeat Bloomer
☃️ 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 'Princess Red' features elegant tulip- or urn-shaped blossoms that showcase the finest traits of the Texensis Group. Measuring 1.5 to 2.5 inches in length, each thick-textured bell flower displays a rich crimson-red exterior with slightly recurved petal tips. As the blooms open, they reveal soft pinkish-white interiors that create a delightful color contrast, offering a captivating sculptural quality when viewed up close in vertical garden settings.
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🌸 Bloom Performance
Famous for its tireless blooming performance, 'Princess Red' provides an incredible floral display starting in early summer and continuing unabated into mid-autumn. Blooming entirely on current season's growth, this cultivar rapidly sends up new stems packed with flowering buds. Regular deadheading and adequate summer moisture encourage an uninterrupted stream of bell-shaped crimson flowers throughout the warmest months of the year.

🌿 Garden Performance
Reaching a mature height of 6.5 to 10 feet, 'Princess Red' is a versatile climber designed for vertical impact. Its leaf petioles twine effortlessly around wire mesh, entry arches, garden obelisks, and pergolas. It is particularly effective when grown alongside light-colored climbing roses or silver-foliage shrubs, and its manageable root footprint allows it to thrive in large patio planters on sunny decks and terraces.
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☀️ Plant Strengths
Inheriting the tough genetics of Clematis texensis, this Japanese cultivar offers outstanding environmental resilience across USDA Zones 4 through 9. It possesses superior natural resistance to clematis wilt, handles intense summer sun and humidity without scorching, and withstands winter cold down to -30°C (-22°F). Belonging to Pruning Group 3, spring maintenance is completely worry-free—simply cut all stems back near the ground in late winter.
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✨ Why You'll Love It
Whether you are a collector of unique bell-flowered clematis or seeking a disease-resistant, heat-hardy vine to enliven summer trellises, Clematis 'Princess Red' delivers outstanding garden value. Its unique flower shape, brilliant crimson shade, and low-maintenance pruning habit make it a beloved centerpiece for cottage gardens, modern landscapes, and container spaces alike.
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🌿Growing Note
• Sunlight: Select a location receiving full sun to partial shade (at least 4 to 6 hours of direct daily sunlight for maximum flower abundance). Ensure the base and root system remain shaded using organic mulch, flat stones, or companion perennials.
• Soil: Requires rich, well-aerated, moisture-retentive soil with excellent drainage. Amend heavy clay or sandy soils with compost prior to planting.
• Watering: Maintain consistent soil moisture. Water deeply at the root zone during hot summer spells while taking care to avoid waterlogging the roots.
• Fertilizing: Feed with a balanced organic fertilizer in early spring as new shoots emerge. Follow up with a potassium-rich flower fertilizer mid-season to support continuous blooming into autumn.
• Pruning: Group 3 (Hard Pruning). In late winter or early spring before active growth begins, cut back all previous year's stems to strong pairs of buds about 8 to 12 inches above the soil line.
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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.