Clematis macropetala ‘Blue Lagoon’ at Digging Dog Nursery

Clematis

Simple and beautiful, Clematis includes over 300 named cultivars and even more wild species than the rose. Our selections offer stylish blossoms, attractive carefree foliage, and ornamental seed heads, in exchange for a minimum of attention. Use them to cover just about every stump and dead tree, as well as on trellises, arbors, pergolas, walls and tall shrubs. They prefer to be planted slightly deep in cool well-drained soil with mulch or a ground cover to shade their feet; provide a support and let them climb. Each vine is 18 inches to 2 feet tall. Medium Band.

Clematis macropetala ‘Blue Lagoon’

Clematis macropetala ‘Blue Lagoon’ (T-0328)

Each 22.75

<i>Clematis macropetala</i> ‘Blue Lagoon’

Touted as the darkest of all the blue-flowering macropetala cultivars and perhaps later to open than many of them, this beguiling AGM winner was introduced by George Jackman in 1959. Serrated, deeply lobed green leaves make an attractive deciduous foil for droves of large, 2 ½ in. semidouble nodding blooms with slim, spiky midnight-blue tepals, lucent cream-colored centers and a lovely, open lantern-like aspect. Sprouting silken smoky-hued seed heads that keep our interest piqued, ‘Blue Lagoon’s strong-growing slender habit blooms equally profuse in sun or shade, endures extreme winter conditions and tantalizes both garden visitors and floral designers plus bees and butterflies.

Blooms April–May

Size: 6' 0" – 10' 0" high x 0" & spreading wide.

Hardy to zone 3.

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