CLEMATIS NAPAULENSIS THE NEPAL CLEMATIS STUNNING WINTER FLOWERING GEM THREATENED HIMALAYAN SPECIES SEMI EVERGREEN EXQUISITE FLOWERS AND WONDERFUL FLUFFY SEED HEADS FRESH STOCK ! 2016 SEEDS THIS INCREDIBLY RARE HIMALAYAN CLEMATIS IS SURE TO BECOME THE " MUST HAVE " SPECIES FOR SERIOUS PLANT COLLECTORS AND GARDEN DESIGNERS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ALL FELT THAT SINKING END OF THE YEAR FEELING WHEN ALL IN THE GARDEN IS A FROSTED MEMORY OF A SUMMER PAST WHAT WOULD WE GIVE FOR A PLANT THAT NOT ONLY STARTED TO EMERGE IN THE DARK DAYS OF WINTER BUT ACTUALLY FLOWERED AS IF IT WAS SUMMER AGAIN THIS AMAZING SEMI EVERGREEN NEPALESE SPECIES IS LISTED AS THREATENED IN ITS OWN NATIVE HABITAT OF NEPAL AND THE YUNNAN PROVINCE OF CHINA YOU ARE BIDDING ON TEN FRESH SEEDS IN LATE NOVEMBER THIS SPECIES WILL BURST INTO BRIGHT GREEN LEAF, AS IF IT WAS SPRING, IN DEFIANCE OF THE WINTER COLD FROM MID TO LATE DECEMBER THE PLANT WILL BEGIN TO FLOWER PROFUSELY IN LARGE CLUSTERS OF EXQUISITE FLOWERS WITH PALE YELLOW SEPALS AND PROMINENT PURPLE ANTHERS THESE ARE FOLLOWED BY LARGE FLUFFY POM-POM LIKE FEATHERY SEED HEADS THAT LAST WELL INTO EARLY SUMMER AFTER FINISHING ITS SEASON OF GROWTH AROUND AUGUST THIS SPECIES WILL SHED MOST OF ITS LEAVES AND SPEND THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR IN A DORMANT STATE THIS CLIMBER WILL SUIT SUN OR SHADE SO IS PERFECT FOR ANY POSITION IT IS PARTICULARLY GOOD IN COURTYARDS OR ENCLOSED SPACES WHERE OTHER CLIMBERS WILL NOT THRIVE AND CERTAINLY PERFORMS WELL WHEN GROWN AGAINST A WALL WILL ALSO SUIT ARCHES OR PERGOLAS AND OBELISKS WHERE IT CAN BE PRUNED WITH EASE IF NEEDED THIS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN SPECIES PUTS EVERY OTHER WINTER FLOWERING CLEMATIS INTO THE SHADE EASY FROM SEED THIS PLANT IS CAPABLE OF FLOWERING AFTER ONLY TWO SEASONS FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE ARE TOTALLY FROST HARDY IN ALL BUT THE SEVEREST CLIMATES FULL GERMINATION AND CULTURAL DETAILS SUPPLIED PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND UNUSUAL SPECIES
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