A beautiful ground‑covering variety also suitable for planting in flower beds. Clematis ‘Alba’ grows to about 1 m in height. It thrives throughout our climate zone.
Use: When planted in beds, ‘Alba’ requires supports. When planted in rock gardens, it cascades attractively. Up to 5 plants per 1 m² are recommended.
Flowering: The flowers of ‘Alba’ are relatively large, bell‑shaped and white. It blooms from June until September. From July to October decorative, fluffy seed heads appear. The plant has sprawling stems that do not cling to supports but may lean on them.
Care: Requires a sunny or semi‑shaded position. Prefers fertile, well‑drained and constantly moderately moist soil.
Pruning: ‘Alba’ blooms on current‑year shoots, so prune strongly at the turn of February–March.
• 1st year: cut to 30 cm above the ground
• 2nd year: cut to 40 cm
• Following years: cut to 50 cm
- SEEDLING HEIGHT
- 40-90CM - during the spring season, the plants are pruned for maintenance and to encourage branching, so they may be shorter than the stated minimum height.
- FROST-RESISTANT
- YES
- EVERGREEN
- NO
- CUTTING
- 1ST YEAR AT A HEIGHT OF 30CM, 2ND YEAR AT A HEIGHT OF 70CM, 3RD YEAR AT A HEIGHT OF 150CM
- PLANT HEIGHT
- 3M
- PLANTING TIME
- III-X
- TYPE OF SOIL
- pH 6-6 5
- DISTANCE DE PLANTATION
- 0 5-1M
- VARIETY
- ALBA
- I FLOWERING
- VI-IX
- FLOWER SIZE
- SMALL
- FLOWER COLOR
- WHITE
- TYP
- CLEMATIS
- PLANTING DEPTH
- 10 CM BELOW THE POT DEPTH
- POSITION
- SUN/PARTIAL SHADE