Sweet Summer Love (Clematis) Live Shrub, Red-Purple Flowers, 4.5 in. Quart Sweet Summer Love from Proven Winners provides fragrant, long-blooming cranberry-purple flowers and sturdy stems that grow like a dream. Prefers partial to full sun (4+ hours) and cool, moist, well-drained soils. Grows to be 10-15 feet tall and 7-10 feet wide.At time of shipment, this plant will be about 6 months to 1 year old. Blooms fromearly to late summer. Prune back to 2 feet in spring and apply controlled-release fertilizer. Quart shrubs are 5-10 inches tall when shipped, depending on the season. Hardiness zones: 4-9. Be sure to check your USDA Hardiness Zone if you want this plant to come back year after year. Hand-picked by experienced shippers and delivered fresh from the greenhouse in a 4.5 in. quart container. Plants shipped from November through March will arrive dormant. Proven Winners guarantees all of its plants are correctly packaged in specially designed boxes, arrive in good condition and are accurately labeled. This beautiful and fragrant clematis is great in landscapes but may also be grown on a trellis in a large patio container. To introduce the most unique, highest quality plants, Proven Winners are tested for years in gardens across the world. Our plants are unsurpassed in terms of flowering, growth and garden performance.