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.
