Pink and purple clematis look great together!
One clematis plant twining up a support is lovely. Two of complementary colors twining up a single support are even better. Especially when, as in this photo, the sweet rays of the late afternoon sun light them up so beautifully.
This is an easy thing to do. Simply choose two different varieties of clematis with complementary colors and overlapping bloom times. Plant one at each corner of a tower-type support in full sun. Mulch around the base, water well, and wait. For at least part of the blooming season, you’ll have a lovely sight like this one to enjoy.
The vines will twine in and around each other in their effort to get to the sun. They will create a design impossible to plan, but almost always quite lovely. Serendipity.
I am not good at knowing the cultivar or variety of plant. So I cannot say what these two are. The pink and white one blooms first, generally starting in May, while the purple one waits a month or so to make itself known. If anyone out there knows the names of these cultivars, please share.
The support shown here is home grown, too. It’s an obelisk made of PVC plumbing pipe and painted purple! Who knew that plumbing pipe could look so good?
