Plant Patent Applied For. Cultivar name: 'Kivisilm.' We are honored to bring to Wayside gardeners this fine Clematis from the Kivistik Collection of Estonia. Bred on Roogoja Farm (along the 58th Parallel) by the late Mr. Uno Kivistik, Silmakivi™ demonstrates all the merits that have made the Kivistiks some of the best Clematis available in the world today:* early flowering, from a young age
* compact growth habit
* very heavy bud set
Exceptionally floriferous and long-blooming, Silmakivi™ sets masses of icy-blue blooms, each with a broad white stripe down the center of every petal. The first flowers arise in early summer, and new blooms are still opening in autumn. Like all the Kivistiks, Silmakivi™ begins blooming quite young, a season or two in advance of other cultivars.
Just 5 to 6 feet long, this plant is ideal for containers as well as garden growth. It is hardy through zone 2 in the north, yet tolerates the heat and humidity of the deep south, southwest, and midwest without dropping a leaf. It makes a fine companion to another Kivistik cultivar, neon-pink Huvi. Add these spectacular Clematis to your landscape this season for years of outstanding performance. Zones 2-9. Group III.
