‘Silver Moon’ Clematis

Clematis ‘Silver Moon’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 8-10′

Width at Maturity: 4-8′
Spacing: 4-5′ apart to cover fences and walls

Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Twining

Growth Rate: Fast

Flower Color: Soft Silver-Lilac with Soft Yellow stamens
Flower Type: Single

Flower Size: Huge 6-8″ flowers!
Flowering Period: Spring, Summer and again in the 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: 2

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

All of our 1 gallon pot Clematis vines are 2 year old plants on a trellis

An elegant and strong performing beauty that prefers life on the shady side, the ‘Silver Moon’ Clematis features very large and abundant flowers up to 8 inches across with soft silvery-lilac overlapping petals surrounding creamy yellow stamens. Absolutely breathtaking in bloom. The first bloom cycle occurs in late spring to early summer and is followed by a second show of flowers in late summer to early fall. The lovely flowers are excellent for cutting and floating in a bowl. At 8 to 10 feet tall, Silver Moon is ideal for arches, fences, rails, trellises, obelisks and posts and is also well-suited for containers.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Climbing 8 to 10 feet in height with a spread of 4 to 8 feet or more, the Silver Moon Clematis is ideal for growing on fences, trellises, arches, tall obelisks, poles, lamp posts and other structures that its vines can twine around. Also Excellent for pots, planters and other containers for situating on patios, decks, porches and around other outdoor living spaces where the amazing flowers can be viewed and enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to Clematis gardens, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, and blue theme gardens.

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

Growing Preferences

The Silver Moon Clematis is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. Though it will grow in full sun, we think it performs and looks its best with some shade. We suggest a minimum of 4 hours direct sunlight per day for best flowering and overall performance. Morning sun with afternoon shade would be perfect. 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 2

Clematis in Group 2 consist of all the early, large-flowered hybrid clematis that bloom in late spring or early summer and maybe again in late summer. Clematis in this group should be pruned lightly in late winter or early spring. Pruning consists of removing weak and crossing shoots then thinning down the plant to a structure of evenly spaced one and two year old stems. Cut each old stem just above a pair of healthy buds. Plants in this group have the tendency to become bare at the base as they mature. You can under-plant with small shrubs or perennials to help conceal the bare stems. Alternatively, you can often force a flush of new growth from the base by cutting the vine back to 18 inches immediately after the flush of bloom.

An alternate method of pruning Group 2 clematis is to prune only every three or four years. In this case, the clematis should be pruned as described for Group 3 Clematis. This will produce a weak first flush of flowers in the summer after pruning.

Helpful Articles

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How To Plant A Clematis

How To Prune A Clematis

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