Clematis ‘Arabella’ is a long-flowering clematis with beautifully saturated violet-blue blooms that keep coming for months. It’s a great choice if you want clematis colour without a huge climber — this one is more of a relaxed scrambler, happy to weave through shrubs and perennials, or be tied into a small support in a container. Give it a moist but free-draining compost/soil, and keep the base cool with a mulch or neighbouring planting.
✔ Pot size: 3L tall pot
✔ Flowering: summer into early autumn
✔ Flower colour: violet-blue
✔ Growth: scrambling / semi-climbing (needs light support)
✔ Approx. size: to around 2m with support
✔ Best spot: sun or part shade (shade the roots)
✔ Soil/compost: fertile, moisture-retentive, well-drained
✔ Pruning: Group 3 — cut back hard in late winter/early spring
✔ Perfect for: pots with an obelisk, or threading through borders