‘Josephine’ Clematis

Clematis ‘Evijohill’ Josephine

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 8-10′

Width at Maturity: 3-4′
Spacing: 3′ apart to cover fences and walls

Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Twining, Twisted Branching

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, Mauve, Lilac, with Dark Pink center stripe
Flower Type: Fully Double

Flower Size: 4-5″
Flowering Period: Summer into Fall

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade, All Day Lightly Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (Amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silt

Soil Drainage: Moist but Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.0

Maintenance / Care: Low

Pruning Group: 2

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

Note: All of our 1 gallon size Clematis vines are trellised 2 year old plants

A favorite of the Wilson brothers, Brent and Brooks, and not only because it’s absolutely beautiful and probably the best of the best of the double flowering pink Clematis, but because it shares the name of their beloved grandmother and friend, Josephine Borah. This beauty features abundant, lovely, large, fully double flowers up to 5 inches across. The flowers resemble dahlias with an amazing count of up to 8 large lilac-mauve base petals adorned with a dark pink center stripe that surround pom-pom centers of lilac-pink. Clematis Josephine’s base petals fall off with age to leave the fluffy centers. With each flower lasting up to 4 weeks, Josephine is an absolutely breathtaking Clematis in bloom!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Climbing 8 to 9 feet high and spreading 2 to 4 feet in width, the Josephine Clematis is ideal for growing on fences, trellises, arches, mailbox pots, obelisks, poles, lamp posts and other structures. Excellent for pots, planters and other containers for situating on patios, decks and around other outdoor living spaces where the amazing flowers can be viewed from close up. A fine addition to Clematis gardens and pink theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 feet apart to cover fences, trellises, and walls

Growing Preferences

This Clematis is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. Though it tolerates dry periods when established, it will appreciate an occasional watering in prolonged periods of dry weather. Make sure not to plant this one too deep as it tends to smother the plant. See pruning instructions just below.

Clematis Pruning Group 2

Clematis in Group 2 consist of all the early, large-flowered hybrid clematis that bloom in late spring or early summer and maybe again in late summer. Clematis in this group should be pruned lightly in late winter or early spring. Pruning consists of removing weak and crossing shoots then thinning down the plant to a structure of evenly spaced one and two year old stems. Cut each stem just above a pair of healthy buds. Plants in this group have the tendency to become bare at the base as they mature. You can under-plant with small shrubs or perennials to help conceal the bare stems. Alternatively, you can often force a flush of new growth from the base by cutting the vine back to 18 inches immediately after the flush of bloom.

An alternate method of pruning Group 2 clematis is to prune only every three or four years. In this case, the clematis should be pruned as described for Group 3 Clematis. This will produce a weak first flush of flowers in the summer after pruning.

Helpful Articles

Click on the link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Clematis vines

How To Plant A Clematis

How To Prune A Clematis

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I received a very healthy vine. It has been planted and seems to be off to a good start. We are looking forward to seeing some beautiful blooms soon.———————————–Thanks for the awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I have this clematis winding through a young dogwood. It is lovely, so many flowers.
Flowers last a long while. Clematis are my favorite plants.——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

My reviews feel almost repetitive because everything I have gotten from Wilson Brothers has been healthy, packed perfectly and either already had some blooms or has bloomed and is beautiful! I highly recommend Wilson Brothers…it was serendipitous that I found them when I was looking for a new place to buy beautiful healthy plants!!!————————————————-WOW! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂