Clematis 'China Purple' is a bushy, upright plant that bears clusters of fragrant, deep violet blue blooms on short stalks, starting in midsummer. 'China Purple' is suitable for cutting and like vining varieties, Clematis 'China Purple' produces attractive, fluffy seed heads in fall.
'China Purple' prefers sun to part shade and average to moist soil. A shrubby perennial clematis, Clematis heracleifolia 'China Purple' should be pruned back to a few inches in early spring to refresh plants.
