Attractive by its refined color and its long flowering, this climber can wrap itself around a tree, on a pergola or a fence.
Twirling plants, clematis attach themselves on their own thanks to a flexible petiole which wraps around a support. ‘Little Mermaid’, a large-flowered variety created in 2010, stands 2-3m tall in season. Its herbaceous stems with deciduous foliage are adorned, from May to June, with semi-double flowers, 8 to 12 cm in diameter. Their flesh-pink falls – a new color for clematis – are tinged with almond green on the reverse and surround a toupee of pale yellow stamens. After a short break in summer, flowering begins again in September.
Culture sheet
Latin name: Clematis ‘Little Mermaid’.
Situation: grows in all regions, even very cold, without winter protection.
Exposure: bright, but not hot. Planting in the east or west is perfect.
Soil: deep, fertile, cool, without stagnant moisture. Add organic matter (compost, potting soil, etc.) in very sandy or clayey soils.about:blankclosevolume_off
Where to install it?
She likes ventilated places: at the foot of a trellis, a wire fence or a pergola pillar, rather than against a wall. It can also climb a tree or grow in a tray fitted with a trellis.
Planting
Plant this clematis in spring by burying the bottom of the stem 15 cm deep.
Install a bushy perennial to shade its foot.
Watering
In dry season, water lightly but regularly.
Cut
At the end of winter, shorten every other branch to 50 cm from the ground.
