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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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Evergreen
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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-clingingAttach to supports by means of leaf stalks.
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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.Perennials.
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Full sunprovide shade for roots and base of plant. Herbaceous varieties require full sun. -
Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowC. viticella and the small-flowering varieties are resistant to clematis wilt.
Pests & Diseasescutworms, aphids attack young plants, whiteflies under glass. Clematis wilt.
Place of originNorthern and southern hemispheres including Europe, Himalayas, China, Australasia, North and Central America. -
Soil ConditionsFertile well drained soilHumus-rich. Mulch in late winter.
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WildlifeRabbit Resistant
- 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
Buy Varieties of CLEMATIS
CLEMATIS alpina 'Blue Dancer'
a very popular pale blue early flowering clematis.
CLEMATIS alpina 'Broughton Bride'
pendulous white flowers with slight mauve markings on the outside
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS alpina 'Frances Rivis'
deep violet-blue form of the Columbine clematis
CLEMATIS armandii
creamy-white flowers and long leathery dark green leaves
CLEMATIS armandii 'Apple Blossom'
blush pink flowers, tinted white, from darker pink buds.
CLEMATIS armandii 'Snowdrift'
pure white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS cartmanii 'Joe'
dwarf growing but very floriferous, white
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica
bronze tinged foliage in winter, flowers pale yellow spotted reddish purple
CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica 'Freckles'
larger flowered form, tinged pink with maroon spots
CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica 'Wisley Cream'
large creamy-white unspotted flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Jingle Bells'
winter flowering bell-shaped flowers of creamy-white
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS x durandii
striking bright blue flowers on long stiff stems, good for cutting
CLEMATIS 'Early Sensation'
evergreen with pinnate leaves and sweetly scented white flowers
CLEMATIS florida 'Alba Plena'
large double greenish white flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS florida 'Bicolor'
(Syn. 'Sieboldii') - beautiful form with large white flowers and a conspicuous central boss of violet-purple stamens
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS florida 'Taiga'
double purple-blue flowers late summer through to autumn. The petals curl inwards and are tipped with greenish white. A close runner-up as RHS Plant of the Year in 2017
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS koreana 'Amber'
RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2016. Grows to about 6-8ft with a profusion of double yellow flowers with a hint of pink. Suitable for growing in pot
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Blue Bird'
mauve-blue
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Maidwell Hall'
deep lavender-blue
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Markham's Pink'
deep pink
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Wesselton'
silvery-blue pendulous flowers
CLEMATIS montana 'Broughton Star'
semi-double salmon-pink flowers
CLEMATIS montana 'Elizabeth'
large soft pink fragrant flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS montana 'Marjorie'
semi-double flowering form with creamy pink sepals and a centre of large salmon-pink stamens, late flowering
CLEMATIS montana 'Tetrarose'
deep pink. Ideal for coastal exposure
CLEMATIS montana var. rubens
bronze purple new shoots and rose-pink flowers
CLEMATIS orientalis 'Bill Mackenzie'
smaller bell-shaped yellow flowers from midsummer into autumn
CLEMATIS serratifolia
lemon-scented soft yellow flowers with dark stamens, blooming from late summer to autumn. Silky seed heads last well into winter
CLEMATIS tangutica
yellow lantern-like flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS texensis 'Princess Diana'
miniature tulip-shaped pink flowers with a vibrant pink central bar which becomes mauve-deep pink as it nears the edge of the flower
Gift-wrapping available
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