CLEMATIS
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CLEMATIS
Commonly known as Virgin's bower
Showy, sometimes possibly too showy, long-flowering climbers with variety of shape and colour for all the year.
Genus of more than 200 species of deciduous, twining leaf-climbers, scandent shrubs, subshrubs and sometimes woody-based herbaceous perennials from Europe, the Himalayas, China, Australasia, North America and Central America.
More than 400 cultivars are in cultivation. Native perennial Traveller's joy or Old man's beard (C. vitalba) is a plant of hedgerows and wood edges. The climbing stems can reach to 30m.
Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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Good to know
If required, prune after flowering. -
Pests & Diseases
cutworms, aphids on young plants, whiteflies under glass. Clematis wilt. -
Place of origin
New Zealand. -
Evergreen
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Height
2-2.5m (6-8ft) -
Spread
1m (3ft)
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ClimberSome of these climbing plants will need trellis or wire supports if grown on walls or fences. Other grow aerial roots and are self-clingingA variable species with semi-nodding flowers and yellow or green anthers.
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Scented flowers
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Fertile well drained soilHumus-rich. Mulch in late winter. Benefits from short intervals of dryness.
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Full sun
Provide shade for roots and base of plant. -
skin irritant
Rabbits. C. harmful if eaten
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