Family Ranunculaceae. The fast growing vine with a flexible, thin stems length 4.10 m. The leaves are opposite, trifoliate, imparipinnate, simple.
The flowers are simple, collected in the inflorescence, often solitary, are dressing and Semi-double, fragrant. The color is very diverse: white, blue, yellow, purple, etc.
Flowering period - from May to September. Some plants bloom before the onset of cold weather.
Clematis includes over 230 species and many varieties. Hybrid forms are combined into 7 groups: zhakmana, purple, pilose, spreading, flowering, borschevnikolistny.
Varieties of clematis group zhakmana characterized by a well-developed root system, a large number of flowers of large size, blue-violet-purple color.
In southern Ukraine, regionalized the following classes:
SPACE MELODY. Length of vines - up to 3 m, stems red-brown. Flower dark cherry color, diameter - 10-12 cm in autumn bloom a second time.
Flowering period - end of May - July, the second time - August - September.
FARGEZEOIDES. Length of vines - up to 4 m, shoots brown. The diameter of the flower - 3,5-4,5 cm
In the inflorescences of 3.7 pieces of creamy-white flowers.
Flowering period - June - October.
Distinguished by high drought resistance. Propagated by layers, by dividing the bush, cuttings, and grafting. Inoculated the best sorts of conduct in the spring.
Clematis - Plant requires light, it is placed in open or lightly shaded areas, protected from the northern and eastern winds.
For planting in the autumn dig pit size 60h60h60 see the distance between them - 2 pm in a pit made the soil mix: 2 parts of fertile soil, 1 part humus (10 kg), 1 part sand, 0.5 kg of complete fertilizer or 1 kg lime.
Planting of seedlings produced in the autumn, at least - in the spring, a system of buried 5-10 cm below the soil.
After planting, the soil is compacted, compacted and plentifully Rotary. As the lignification of shoots they sprinkle fresh ground.
For better development of plants and more abundant blooms set of support, with 3.5 series of wire trellis. Growing whip systematically tie up. During the summer the ground from under the bushes contain loose and clean of weeds from the state and every 8-10 days at a cost of watering spend 8-15 liters of water per plant, with subsequent loosening. During the summer, spend 2.3 feed with organic or mineral fertilizers.
Autumn the bushes and dig around the same time make a mold of 5.8 kg 0,3-0,5 kg complete fertilizer (per plant).
Early spring pruning carried out, removing of frozen, thin, weak branches. Long lashes shorten to the top of the swollen buds.
Plants are sometimes amazed powdery mildew and rust.
Measures to combat powdery mildew - sprayed fundazol (20 g per 10 liters of water), Zineb (40 g per 10 liters of water), anti-rust - Zineb or polikarbotsinom (40-50 g per 10 liters of water).
E first spraying is carried out in late April, the second - May 10-15, the third-before flowering.
Uses for decorating arbors, columns, balconies, alleys, porches, a single crop.