Clematis Ville de Lyon: description and characteristics of the variety, planting and care, reproduction

Clematis are especially loved by flower growers for their decorative effect, bright colors of inflorescences. One of the most sought-after representatives of buttercups, which has successfully taken root in Russian household and summer cottages, is clematis of the Ville de Lyon variety. The culture is distinguished by large flowers, long flowering, resistance to fungal diseases.

Description and features

Liana of the "king" of clematis Ville de Lyon grows up to 4 m. Brown young shoots turn brown with age. Flowers - carmine red, and later purple, consist of 5-7 petals, fluffy yellow stamens in the center.They reach a diameter of 16 cm. Green leaves in the shape of a heart are much smaller than inflorescences.

Flowering culture begins in July and lasts until the onset of autumn cold. Hybrid Ville de Lyon belongs to shrub varieties, produces up to 15 shoots.

From the characteristics of the plant, gardeners distinguish frost resistance, which causes wintering at the planting site. The perennial bush is immune to fungal spores, appreciated by flower lovers for its undemanding watering, giving the site a unique look.

The origin story of Ville de Lyon

In Europe, flower growers have been breeding clematis for five centuries. In Russia, the fashion for large-flowered crops came in the 50s of the last century.

Ville de Lyon, a bright representative of clematis, was obtained by the French breeder Morel more than 120 years ago, but still remains relevant, found in European, Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian gardens.

Landing

Before planting, plants choose a suitable place on the site, prepare the soil, take care of the support along which the vine will curl. For normal vegetation and flowering of the crop, planting technology is required.

Seat Requirements

Clematis Ville de Lyon feels good on loose, fertile soils with a neutral acid-base balance. The plant loves morning and evening sunlight, but intolerant of midday. In the sun, the petals fade, lose their brightness.

For the cultivation of clematis Ville de Lyon, a place is selected next to the support, protected from gusts of wind that can break the vine. In the southern regions, it is recommended to create a partial shade culture on the ground and the lower part of the bush, planting low plants nearby.

Selection and soil preparation

Slightly alkaline or neutral loam is chosen for planting clematis. Increased acidity is neutralized with slaked lime in the proportion of 25-50 kg per hundred square meters, dolomite flour - 350-500 g per 1 sq. m.

Heavy land is not suitable for culture, with a predominance of peat and the location of the groundwater source above 1.5 meters from the surface.

The optimal substrate for perennial shrubs is four parts garden soil, compost and one part sand.

Plant pattern

Clematis Ville de Lyon is planted in April-May before the start of the growing season or in autumn after the green mass stops growing in late September and early October.

For a month, a planting pit is prepared in the form of a cube 60 deep and 50 cm wide. The fertile layer is mixed with a bucket of compost or humus, add 2 tbsp. l. potassium sulfate, the same amount of superphosphate.

Technology for planting clematis:

• an earth mound is being built at the bottom of the pit;
• the seedling is lowered, spreading the roots along the slopes of the elevation;
• bury the plant so that the growth bud of the lower internode is deepened by 8 cm;
• watering;
• sprinkle the roots with sand mixed with ash, add a fertilized prepared substrate from above;
• re-watering.

When planting several plants at the same time, they maintain a distance between them of 80-100 cm. They retreat 50 cm from the wall, make sure that water flowing from the roof does not fall on the crop.

If the soil on the site is heavy and the soil prepared for planting the crop is loose, you cannot additionally make a drainage layer in the pit, as moisture from the entire garden will accumulate in this place.

Support

In order not to damage the roots of Clematis Ville de Lyon, the support is installed before planting. The device is purchased ready-made or built independently.

Requirements for support:

• height from two, width from one and a half meters;
• strength, reliability;
• sustainability;
• fitting into the overall design;
• decorative.

If trellises for clematis are installed along the facade of the house, then in winter, when the plant is sleeping, they should not spoil the appearance of the building. In addition to trellises, arcs are constructed from PVC pipes. Forged metal supports are durable.

One of the less labor-intensive options is to dig in two wooden poles, stretch and fasten a galvanized chain-link mesh between them. They do it even easier - nails are driven in on the wall of the gazebo and a strong twine is pulled along which vines will weave.

Mulching

To retain heat and moisture, the crop is mulched after planting and in the spring after loosening, removing weeds. In the South, they protect the soil from overheating with a 5-cm layer of hay, sand, and in regions with a temperate climate and insufficiently warm summers, vermiculite and humus are used as mulch.

Rules of care

Ville de Lyon clematis care includes fertilization during the growing season, irrigation, pruning, pest and disease control. In areas where frosts exceed the temperature mark of -20 ° C, the culture requires warming.

Feeding

Fertilizers applied during planting are enough for the first 3 years. Starting from the fourth year, I feed clematis four times during the season.

In the spring, at the beginning of the growing season, solutions of mullein or chicken manure are used for the rapid growth of shoots. Urea is used after two weeks.

Before clematis blooms, complex fertilizers are applied to the soil, including nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus. Nitrophoska is suitable for summer feeding of the crop.

To increase winter hardiness in autumn, 500 g of ash mixed with humus is poured under each clematis bush.

Irrigation

Irrigate clematis once a week. The need for moisture is determined by the level of dryness of the substrate at a depth of 20 cm. In order for the water to reach the roots, deepened by 60 cm, they retreat 30 cm from the bush from the base and dig a small groove into which moisture is delivered.

Another way to effectively irrigate a crop is to water through the drainage holes of empty flower pots buried in a circle flush with the surface.

Preparing for winter

Clematis Ville de Lyon stems are cut completely in autumn, so no framing is required. If the winters in the region are mild, it is enough to mulch the soil around the perennial stump with fallen leaves, hay, and humus.

If, in winter, the thermometer drops below -20 ° C, a wooden or plastic box turned upside down is placed above the root of the culture, and the top is insulated with burlap, spruce branches. To prevent the root from getting wet, holes are made in the box for ventilation.

Cutting

Since clematis blooms on the vines of the current year, in the fall all shoots of the bush are removed. Leave the root part 15 cm high.

Pruning is carried out in the spring to stimulate flowering. The grown stems of the culture are shortened, leaving 7 cm from the upper buds.

Clematis fully blooms in the third year. Therefore, the first two years during the growing season, it is recommended to remove the formed buds for better development of the root system.

Diseases and pests

Despite the resistance of clematis to viruses and fungal spores, the plant is susceptible to fusarium, powdery mildew and wilt. Of the pests, the culture is more often attacked by slugs, aphids, spider mites. Significant damage to the plant is caused by butterfly larvae, nematodes.

Fusariosis

In Fusarium wilt, infection of the crop begins from the bottom of the vine. The resulting mycelium clogs the conducting channels of clematis, metabolism is disturbed, the leaves dry up on the entire shoot. First, the edges of the leaf plates turn brown, then the fungus captures the entire leaf.

Spore development requires a stable temperature above +20°C and high humidity, so signs of Fusarium are visible in the second half of June or July.

To fight the disease, the damaged vine is cut out and removed, the plant is treated with Previkur.

Powdery mildew

White coating, similar to scattered flour, covers the leaves, flowers, shoots of clematis. Plant organs rot and die. Culture stops growing, flowering.

For the treatment of the Ville de Lyon hybrid, a solution is being prepared. A crushed bar of laundry soap is placed in a bucket of water, 30 g of copper sulfate are added. After removing the dead parts, the plant is sprayed with the prepared product.

Wilt

Phomopsis wilt of a culture begins with root rotting, overlapping in the stem of the channels for delivering nutrients to other organs. Small black dots appear on the leaves of clematis, where spores are concentrated. Hidden fungus actively develops and multiplies on the plant at the time of flowering, affecting flowers, creepers, foliage.

The disease is contagious and cannot be cured. Dead vines are cut out at the root, the rest are treated with foundation. Before planting young bushes, the soil is treated with Trichodermin.

Nematode

Microscopic roundworms 1 mm in size infect Clematis Ville de Lyon entirely - roots die, leaves, flowers shrink.

Effective pest control methods have not yet been developed, so the crop is removed and burned. Replacing the ground does not give a 100% guarantee that young clematis will not suffer the same fate.

Butterflies and moths

The plant is not afraid of the butterflies themselves, but their larvae that eat green leaves, which subsequently curl up. The damage caused by butterflies and bloodworms inhibits the normal development of clematis.

Helps prevent caterpillar infestation Treating the crop with insecticides before budding.

Snails and slugs

Pests parasitize on clematis throughout the growing season, eating leaves, buds, inhibiting plant development. Snails, slugs are harvested by hand, traps and baits are set.

To make it harder for the clams to climb the vine, weeds are regularly weeded. Metaldehyde, ash, lime, superphosphate are scattered under the bush.

Aphids and spider mites

Due to the small size of aphids and spider mites, their presence on Clematis Ville de Lyon is determined by the sticky layer and cobwebs on the leaves, respectively.

To repel insects, culture bushes are sprayed with garlic or wormwood infusion, pyrethrum, onion, and garlic are planted nearby. Of the ready-made preparations, safe Fitoverm is effective, or fast-acting Actellik, Antiklesch, Akarin.

Reproduction

Clematis is propagated sexually and vegetatively. Planting from seeds does not guarantee that a crop will grow with the varietal characteristics of the mother plant. More often, gardeners use the vegetative method, which is less labor-intensive and reliable.

Dividing the bush

Clematis with an overgrown root system is dug up on one side, a part of the root with two or three shoots is separated with a shovel. A young plant is completely removed from the ground before propagation.

Delenka is immediately planted in a prepared hole.

The method is considered the simplest and fastest, but it is impossible to get many new plants from an adult bush.

Layers

Dig 5 cm grooves for selected clematis shoots. Creepers are laid along the recesses, fixed with metal or wooden staples, covered with a fertile substrate, watered.

During the season, young shoots of Ville de Lyon clematis grow with their roots, which are mulched in autumn. Transplantation to a permanent place is done in April-May of the next year.

The method of propagation by layering is long, but gives several plants at once.

Cutting

Clematis is propagated by cuttings in June during the budding period. Cut out the middle part of the shoot of a young bush aged 2-3 years. Segments are cut a little more than one internode so that 2 cm remains on top, and 3-4 cm below the internode.

Petiole is placed in Kornevin's solution, planted in a separate glass. The rooting process takes three months.

Seeds

Seeds ripen 90 days after flowering stops. In most Russian regions, climatic conditions prevent the formation of a full-fledged planting material. In this case, a branch with fruits is placed in a vessel with water and placed on a windowsill until conditioned seeds form.

After harvesting, clematis seeds are placed in the refrigerator for 3 months for stratification. Planted open ground in spring or autumn. In the latter case, the landing site is mulched. Clematis Ville de Lyon blooms in the third year.

Application in landscape design

Traditionally home gardens and suburban areas are decorated with clematis climbing on pergolas and trellises. Large-flowered plants decorate the facades of houses, gazebos, specially constructed arches. Clematis Ville de Lyon is used as a hedge by spreading the culture over a chain-link mesh and planting plants at a distance of 80 cm from each other.

Having picked up several varieties that bloom at different times, you can admire the variety of colors of inflorescences, juicy green foliage from spring to late autumn.

Clematis is used not only as a background plant, but also flower arrangements are collected with its participation.

Roses look harmoniously next to it, winding from different sides on arches, pyramids, planted as a hedge.

The culture is combined with grapes, honeysuckle, lemongrass, hydrangea. Clematis mask old dried tree trunks. A flowering plant looks favorably against the background of conifers.

Flower growers often recognize large-flowered clematis in their plots. Ville de Lyon is one of them, attracting with large, saucer-sized flowers that leave no one indifferent.

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