Clematis Alyonushka: description, cultivation, care

Clematis Alyonushka was bred in the Crimea, namely in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, in the very beginning of the 1960s. During this time, he managed to grow fond of gardeners not only for a long and beautiful flowering, but also for relative unpretentiousness and good frost resistance. With the right care, which does not represent anything difficult of itself, you throughout the season will have the opportunity to admire the beautiful flowers that create a hedge.

Variety description

Clematis Alyonushka, whose photo can be seen in this article, is a vine about a meter and a half high. She has very thin and fragile shoots. In view of this, a garter and support installation is necessary. If you do not tie the vine to the support, you can get a very effective soil cover plant.

Clematis Alyonushka, whose description is given in our article, has pink bell-shaped flowers, whose diameter reaches seven centimeters. Each flower has four to five petals. This handsome man blossoms very abundantly and for a long time. The flowering period begins at the end of June, and ends around August. The plant needs a strong pruning.

Selecting a landing site

Clematis Alyonushka, whose reviews have recently become very ambiguous, prefers to grow the sun and penumbra. He prefers well drained, fertile sandy loamy soil. At the same time, a sufficient number of fertilizers must be added to it. Many gardeners are embarrassed by this fact. They consider this plant very demanding and capricious. However, most still tend to close their eyes to these little things and then enjoy the majestic flowering.

Recommendations for planting and growing

It is best to plant Clematis Alyonushka in a sunny place without direct rays. However, he can easily find a job in the penumbra. In one place, it can grow for more than twenty years, so the place for planting should be prepared very carefully. At the bottom of the pit necessarily placed a drainage layer with a thickness of about 10-15 centimeters. As a drain, the pebbles, claydite, gravel, etc., are quite suitable. Further, the entire remaining volume of the pit should be filled with decomposed humus (compost), peat and sand. One part of peat and sand is taken from two parts of humus or compost.

So that the soil mixture does not turn out to be depleted, mineral or complex long-acting fertilizers can be added to it. In the soil, clematis Alyonushka is buried so that the kidneys at the base are buried 10-15 centimeters deep. So that the soil does not overheat and moisture is well retained in it, one can resort to mulching the near-stump circle.

Care instructions

Clematis Alyonushka needs abundant watering, especially if there is dry and hot weather in the summer. However, excessive accumulation of moisture should be avoided, as this can lead to decay of the roots.

As a support for clematis can be used fences, walls, nets, trees and shrubs. If the support is not applied, then the plant becomes ground cover. This use of its finds connoisseurs is very rare, so it's best to tie your pet to the pedestal and make it a beautiful decoration.

For the winter, clematis whips are pruned at the very base. However, you can leave the shoot, which has 2-3 kidneys, before it is wrapped up. Periodically, you can conduct and sanitary pruning, removing ugly or diseased whips. This will help to improve the plant and favorably affect the flowering.

Decorative application

Clematis Alyonushka looks great in containers. Also with his help you can draw a fence or decorate a hedge. It is good both in a single planting, and against the background of other plants, especially evergreens.

If you choose the right composition and design, then this kind of clematis is quite capable of becoming a worthy decoration of your lawn or gazebo. The variant with a gazebo has recently gained increasing popularity among gardeners and amateur gardeners. It is combined with other climbing plants and gets fascinating compositions, pleasing their owners a whole dacha season.