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Pitcher's Leather Flower | Clematis pitcheri

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Plant Species Synonym Names

Common: Pitcher's clematis, bluebill

Family

Buttercup - Ranunculaceae

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Description

A very interesting vine that has bell shaped flowers. Gets the typical clematis seeds. Grow it on a trellis or fence. It dies back to the ground each year but regrows the next year. It is not aggressive like some clematis. Very drought hardy. Bumble bees love the flowers.

Characteristics

Growth Habit:Herb: broad-leaved, herbaceous (non-woody) plant; wildflowers and forbs
Grass: grass-like plants; graminoids
Tree: woody with usually a single trunk, tall
Shrub: woody multi-stemmed plants, low growing
Vine: a woody or herbaceous plant that climbs or sprawls
 Vine

Life Span:Annual: herbaceous; lives only one year
Biennial: herbaceous; lives two years, flowering the second
Perennial: herbaceous; lives three or more years
Woody: woody; stems that grow more than a year
 Perennial

Mature Height: 6.0'

Mature Width: 3.0'

Flower Color: Violet

Sun Requirement:Full Sun: direct sun 8 or more hours of the day
Part Sun: direct sun 4 to 8 hours of the day; about half a day of sun
Shade: direct sun 0 to 4 hours of the day
 Full Sun to Part Sun

Water Requirement:Wet: Soil is soggy or marshy
Moist: Soil tends to stay moist and rarely dries out
Medium: Average soil moisture, little or now slope
Drained: Soil is well drained, never soggy; medium slope
Dry: Soil is dry, often typical of rocky soil; steep slope
 Medium to Drained

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