Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 187) Clematis heracleifolia

Purchased from Plant Delights nursery about four years ago, this interesting plant surprised me last year when it bloomed for the first time. Prior to that, I hadn’t even noticed it in the Douglas Fir bed, as it hadn’t grown much in a couple of years. It is growing well again this year and putting up flower stalks.

My 2020 plans for this plant are to get more photos of it and feed it well to keep it healthy. It seems to like cooler, wetter spring that we had and is blooming much earlier this year than last.