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'Sweet Summer Love'
Clematis

  • Exposure
    • Sun
  • Season
    • Spring
    • Summer
  • Mature Size
    • 120 - 180
Programs
New Plant
ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
'Sweet Summer Love' Clematis
Sun 120 - 180

Wouldn't it be great if Sweet Autumn clematis flowered sooner and longer and came in other colors? Now it does! 'Sweet Summer Love' gives you everything you want: the flowers, the fragrance, the ease of growth and cranberry-violet blooms that start over a month earlier than others. This breakthrough vine is from award-winning clematis breeder Szczepan Marczyski of Poland.

Wouldn't it be great if Sweet Autumn clematis flowered sooner and longer and came in other colors? Now it does! 'Sweet Summer Love' gives you everything you want: the flowers, the fragrance, the ease of growth and cranberry-violet blooms that start over a month earlier than others. This breakthrough vine is from award-winning clematis breeder Szczepan Marczyski of Poland. It will add lots of drama to gardens when trained up a trellis or other support.

Features

Cranberry-purple flowers. Fragrant. Vine. Long bloomtime.

Fragrant Flower
Long Blooming
Resists: 
Deer

Characteristics

Shrub Type: 
Deciduous
Height Category: 
Tall
Garden Height: 
120 - 180 Inches
Scape Height Maximum: 
180
Trails Up To: 
180 Inches
Spacing Maximum: 
120 Inches
Spread: 
72 - 120 Inches
Habit: 
Climbing
Container Role: 
Thriller

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 
Sun
Blooms On: 
New Wood
Bloom Time: 
Summer
Hardiness Zones: 
4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Uses: 
Landscape
Uses Notes: 

Landcapes

Duration: 
Shrub
Water Category: 
Average
Maintenance Category: 
Easy
Maintenance Notes: 

Prefers average, well-drained but moist soil. Keep the roots cool. May benefit from a hard pruning in fall or early spring.

Soil Fertility Requirement: 
Average Soil
Soil PH Category: 
Neutral Soil
Vine: 
Vine

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