Clematis Alyonushka was bred in the Crimea, namely in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, at the very beginning of the 1960s. During this time, gardeners managed to fall in love not only for long and beautiful flowering, but also for relative unpretentiousness and good frost resistance. With proper care, which is nothing complicated, you will be able to admire the beautiful flowers that create a hedge throughout the season.
Grade description
Clematis Alyonushka, whose photo can be seen in this article, is a vine with a height of about one and a half meters. Her shoots are very thin and fragile. In view of this, gartering and installation of supports are necessary. If you do not tie the liana to the support, then you can get a very effective ground cover plant.
Clematis Alyonushka, the description of which is given in our article, has pink bell-shaped flowers, whose diameter reaches seven centimeters. Each flower has four to five petals. This beauty blooms very abundantly and continuously. The flowering period begins in late June, and ends around August. The plant needs a lot of pruning.
Choosing a landing place
Clematis Alyonushka, whose reviews have recently become very ambiguous, prefers the sun and partial shade for growth. He prefers well-drained, fertile sandy loamy soil. At the same time, a sufficient amount of fertilizer should be introduced into it. Many gardeners are confused by this fact. They consider this plant to be very demanding and moody. However, the majority is still inclined to close their eyes to these little things and subsequently enjoy the magnificent flowering.
Planting and Growing Recommendations
It is best to plant clematis Alyonushka in a sunny place without direct radiation. However, it may well settle in partial shade. In one place, it can grow for more than twenty years, so you need to prepare the landing site very carefully. A drainage layer with a thickness of about 10-15 centimeters is necessarily placed at the bottom of the pit. Pebbles, expanded clay, gravel, etc. are quite suitable as drainage. Next, the entire remaining volume of the pit should be filled with decomposed humus (compost), peat and sand. On one part of peat and sand, two parts of humus or compost are taken.
So that the soil mixture does not turn out to be depleted, long-acting mineral or complex fertilizers can be added to it. In the soil, clematis Alyonushka is buried so that the kidneys at the base are buried by 10-15 centimeters. So that the soil does not overheat and moisture is well kept in it, you can resort to mulching the trunk circle.
Care Tips
Clematis Alyonushka needs abundant watering, especially if the weather is dry and hot in summer. However, excessive accumulation of moisture should be avoided, as this can lead to decay of the roots.
As a support for clematis, you can use fences, walls, nets, trees and shrubs. If the support is not applied, then the plant becomes ground cover. Such use of it finds connoisseurs very rarely, so it is best to tie your favorite to a support and make a beautiful decoration out of it.
For winter, the clematis lashes are pruned at the base. However, you can leave the shoot with 2-3 kidneys, having previously mulched it. From time to time, sanitary pruning can also be carried out by removing ugly or sick lashes. This will contribute to the healing of the plant and a beneficial effect on flowering.
Decorative application
Clematis Alyonushka looks great in containers. Also, with its help you can arrange a fence or decorate a hedge. It is good both in a single planting, and against the background of other plants, especially evergreens.
If you choose the right composition and design, then this type of clematis is quite capable of becoming a worthy decoration of your lawn or gazebo. The option with a gazebo has recently been gaining more and more popularity among summer residents and amateur gardeners. It is combined with other climbing plants and get charming compositions that delight their owners for a whole summer season.