{"id":1328,"date":"2011-06-11T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2013-08-24T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T21:29:00","slug":"leather-flower-hot-pink-summer-flowering-clematis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/06\/11\/leather-flower-hot-pink-summer-flowering-clematis\/","title":{"rendered":"Leather Flower Clematis- Hot Pink Summer Flowering Vine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1338\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0991.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1338\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1338 \" title=\"DSC_0991\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0991-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0991-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC_0991-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leather flower (Clematis glaucophylla)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leather flower (<em>Clematis glaucophylla<\/em>) is native to moist woodlands in the Southeastern U.S. This lovely flowering vine is covered with one inch hot pink flowers tipped in yellow. The solitary, 1- inch bell shaped flowers are on 6- inch long stalks which reach out for support. It is called &#8220;leather flower&#8221; because the petals are thickened almost like a thin banana peel.<\/p>\n<p>A mature vine may open a hundred or more flowers at one time. Leather flower blooms from June to October if kept moist.\u00a0Its clematis seed heads are uniquely showy. Leather flower is also a\u00a0hummingbird magnet.<\/p>\n<p>Plant\u00a0it in good composted soil\u00a0with\u00a0adequate moisture and partial sunlight. In zone 6-a (eastern PA) it\u00a0grows in full sun, and moving further south, provide more shade. Let it grow on a trellis or along a fence or rail. Allow it to weave through a tree or ramble at will.\u00a0The vine\u00a0clings by wrapping its leaf stems (petioles) around\u00a0the supporting structure.<\/p>\n<p>A 2 -year established leather flower grows 12 &#8211; 15 feet. Flowering occurs on new growth only. Aggressively prune a dormant vine in late winter (Pruning Group 3), cutting back each main branch to two strong buds close to the ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Availability:<\/strong> Sunlight Gardens in Andersonville, TN. Order through the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunlightgardens.com\/\">www.sunlightgardens.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leather flower (Clematis glaucophylla) is native to moist woodlands in the Southeastern U.S. This lovely flowering vine is covered with one inch hot pink flowers tipped in yellow. The solitary, 1- inch bell shaped flowers are on 6- inch long stalks which reach out for support. It is called &#8220;leather flower&#8221; because the petals are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,726,627,630,706,670],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5321,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/5321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}