Description
CLEMATIS ‘Will Goodwin’ is a refined early large-flowered cultivar known for its soft, pale violet-blue blooms and elegant, slightly crisped sepal edges. Flowers reach up to 15cm across, opening a richer lavender-blue before fading to a lighter tone as they mature. The creamy-white and yellow stamens add contrast, giving the plant a luminous, airy quality that works beautifully on trellises, obelisks, pergolas and container displays.
‘Will Goodwin’ flowers on both old and new wood. It produces a generous early flush in late spring to early summer, followed by a lighter repeat later in the season. Its medium size and soft colouring make it ideal for cottage gardens, wildlife-friendly borders and smaller spaces where gentle colour and vertical interest are needed.
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: Pale violet-blue with crisped margins; creamy-white and yellow stamens.
Foliage: Mid-green, deciduous leaves.
Flowering period: Early summer to early autumn.
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 to maintain shape and encourage bushiness as per RHS’s Group 2 pruning guide.
Ideal for containers, covering fences, pergolas, arches, and Pollinator/Wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Commercial Notes:
CLEMATIS ‘Will Goodwin’ 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.
