Description
CLEMATIS ‘Carnaby’ is a standout large‑flowered cultivar known for its striking two‑tone blooms: broad, soft pink tepals marked with a vivid deep rose central bar. This colour contrast gives the flowers a luminous quality, making the plant a superb choice for focal points, trellises, obelisks, and patio containers where its dramatic blooms can be appreciated at eye level. This clematis is especially valued for its compact habit and early flowering window, offering generous colour in late spring and early summer with a lighter repeat flush later in the season. Its manageable size makes it ideal for smaller gardens, courtyards, wildlife‑friendly borders, and sensory planting schemes where bold colour and structure are desired without overwhelming the space.
Key Features:
Propagation method: Vegetative soft-wood cuttings.
Substrate: Jiffy peat-free propagation Mix.
Plug Size: 3.5cm.
Production system: Grown without artificial light or heating for hardened plants.
Flowers: Bright pink with a deep rose central bar; creamy‑yellow stamens.
Foliage: Mid‑green, deciduous, divided leaves providing soft summer screening.
Flowering period: May–June with a lighter repeat in late summer.
Height: Up-to 250cm at maturity.
Spread: Up-to 100cm at maturity.
Hardiness: Hardy in most UK regions.
Pollinator value: Highly attractive to bees and beneficial insects.
Sensory value: Ideal for SEND gardens and therapeutic planting schemes.
Ecological impact: Grown in peat-free substrate with no artificial inputs, pollinator and wildlife-friendly.
Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit for reliability, ornamental value, and strong garden performance.
Planting & Care:
Prefers full sun or light shade & moist but well‑drained alkaline to neutral soils.
Mulch in autumn to protect roots in colder climates.
Prune lightly to maintain shape and encourage bushiness.
Ideal for containers, covering fences, pergolas, arches, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
CLEMATIS ‘Carnaby’ are supplied as strong, well-rooted, hardy plug plants ready for potting into pots up-to 2lt formats.
Ideal for nursery, and wholesale formats and performs well in peat-free and organic programs.
Suitable for wildlife-friendly, and sustainable product ranges.
