Clematis 'Red Star'

150-930-1 Clematis 'Red Star'
Joy Creek Photo Archive (c) all rights reserved	This unusual fully double red clematis is the work of Japanese hybridizer Takashi Watanabe (1995). Clematis 'Red Star' blooms on old wood in late spring and early summer. The 4-to-6-inch blooms are dense with raspberry red sepals. We have found that sometimes the large lower sepals can appear almost leaf-like with patches of red and green. This is a trait it shares with many of the double patens-type clematis. If you deadhead and fertilize after the first bloom, you can encourage a second flush of flowers in the early fall. May and June, September. 6-8 ft. x 6-8 ft. Red flowers *Sun, Part Shade Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*