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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.
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Deciduous
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Height60cm (24in) -
Spread60cm (24in)
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Erect, woody-based perennial with nodding, open, bell-shaped flowers 5-6cm (2-2½in) across, dark pink with a darker bar. Tepals are pointed and twisted.
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Hardy - very cold winterHardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F) -
Full sun
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Additional Features
Good to knowBefore growth begins in early spring prune back previous year's growth to a pair of strong buds about 15-20 cm (6-8in) above soil level.
Pests & Diseasescutworms, aphids on young plants, clematis wilt.
Place of originGarden origin. UK. AWA Baker. -
HardinessFully hardy
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
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Soil ConditionsFertile well drained soilHumus-rich. Mulch in late winter.
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Toxic - Category C
Skin irritantRabbits. C. harmful if eaten
- Pruning
- Pruning Group 1 - Flowering mid / late spring
- Pruning Group 2 - Flowering late spring / early summer
- Pruning Group 3 - Flowering late summer / early autumn
- Training Climbers - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
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Buy Varieties of CLEMATIS
CLEMATIS alpina 'Blue Dancer'
a very popular pale blue early flowering clematis.
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS alpina 'Broughton Bride'
pendulous white flowers with slight mauve markings on the outside
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS alpina 'Frances Rivis'
(Blue Giant) - Large blue flowers with contrasting white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS armandii
creamy-white flowers and long leathery dark green leaves
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS armandii 'Apple Blossom'
blush pink flowers, tinted white, from darker pink buds.
CLEMATIS armandii 'Snowdrift'
pure white flowers
CLEMATIS cartmanii 'Joe'
dwarf growing but very floriferous, white
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Freckles'
larger flowered form, tinged pink with maroon spots
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Jingle Bells'
winter flowering bell-shaped flowers of creamy-white
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
large creamy-white unspotted flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica
bronze tinged foliage in winter, flowers pale yellow spotted reddish purple
CLEMATIS x durandii
striking bright blue flowers on long stiff stems, good for cutting
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS 'Early Sensation'
evergreen with pinnate leaves and sweetly scented white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS florida 'Alba Plena'
large double greenish white flowers
CLEMATIS florida 'Bicolor'
(Syn. 'Sieboldii') - beautiful form with large white flowers and a conspicuous central boss of violet-purple stamens
Gift-wrapping available
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