John Huxtable Clematis

Clematis ‘John Huxtable’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b (10?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 8-12′

Width at Maturity: 3-6′
Spacing: 4-5′ apart to cover fences and walls

Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Twining, Twisted Branching

Growth Rate: Fast

Flower Color: White with Creamy Chartreuse anthers
Flower Type: Single

Flower Size: 6″
Flowering Period: Late Spring continuing to Fall!

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt

Soil Drainage: Moist but Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0

Maintenance / Care: Low

Pruning Group: 3

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-30F / Zones 4-8), Deer – more info, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

All of our Clematis vines are trellised 2 year old plants in a 1 gallon pot.

A chance seedling of ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’, but with larger and fuller flowers, the John Huxtable Clematis features an incredible flower show beginning late spring and reblooming continuously to fall! The large and beautiful 6-petaled, 6″ diameter flowers have slightly reflexed, pristine-white petals surrounding a patch of creamy chartreuse anthers. John Huxtable can reach up to 12 feet in height making it a perfect selection for small arbors and pergolas, arches, small trees, fences, trellises, tall obelisks and other structures the vines will twine around. Reliable and easy to grow, this one deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow. USDA Zones 4a-9b.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Climbing up to 8 to 12 feet in height with a spread of 4 feet or more, the John Huxtable Clematis is ideal for growing on smaller arbors and pergolas, fences, trellises, arches, tall obelisks, poles, lamp posts and other structures. Excellent for pots, planters and other containers for situating on patios, decks and around other outdoor living spaces where the amazing flowers can be viewed and enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to Clematis gardens and white theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 4 to 5 feet apart to cover fences, trellises, and walls

Growing Preferences

The John Huxtable Clematis is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. We suggest a minimum of 4 hours direct sunlight per day for best flowering and overall performance. Though it tolerates dry periods when established, it will appreciate an occasional watering in prolonged periods of dry weather. See pruning instructions just below.

Clematis Pruning Group 3

Clematis in group 3 consist of late-flowering species that bloom from early or mid-summer into fall. This group flowers on the last 2 to 3 feet of the current season’s growth (new wood). They are easy to prune because you do not need to maintain any old wood. In February or March, cut each stem to a height of 1 or 2 feet. Although you will be removing good stems and buds, this treatment keeps these vigorous growers in bounds. If not pruned, these vines will quickly become a mass of old diseased woody stems producing very few flowers. Always make sure to leave two good buds below where you make your cut. New growth will emerge from these buds to produce the current seasons vines and blooms.

Helpful Articles

Click on the link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Clematis vines

How To Plant A Clematis

How To Prune A Clematis

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Looking forward to the stupendous white flowers on this clematis vine. The two plants have been in the ground for only a couple weeks now. These delicate little specimens arrived at my door by FedEx…carefully wrapped and boxed. I was skeptical about ordering plants on-line…and perhaps with some vendors, we should be skeptical.
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