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    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.

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    • Good to know
      C. viticella and the small-flowering varieties are resistant to clematis wilt.
    • Place of origin
      Northern and southern hemispheres including Europe, Himalayas, China, Australasia, North and Central America.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Climber
      Some of these climbing plants will need trellis or wire supports if grown on walls or fences. Other grow aerial roots and are self-clinging
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • harmful if eaten
      Pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably rabbits
    • skin irritant
      People
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    Varieties

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    • CLEMATIS alpina 'Blue Dancer'
    Alpine clematis
    A very popular pale blue early flowering clematis.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS alpina 'Broughton Bride'
    Pendulous white flowers with slight mauve markings on the outside
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS alpina 'Frances Rivis'
    Alpine clematis
    (Blue Giant) - Large blue flowers with contrasting white flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS armandii
    Creamy-white flowers and long leathery dark green leaves
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £26.00
    CLEMATIS armandii 'Apple Blossom'
    Blush pink flowers, tinted white, from darker pink buds.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.00
    CLEMATIS armandii 'Snowdrift'
    Pure white flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.00
    CLEMATIS cartmanii 'Joe'
    Dwarf growing but very floriferous, white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
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    Available Early Spring 2025
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Freckles'
    Larger flowered form, tinged pink with maroon spots
     
    3 Litre Deep
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Jingle Bells'
    Winter flowering bell-shaped flowers of creamy-white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
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    Available again from March 2025
    New stock in early spring.
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    CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
    Large creamy-white unspotted flowers
     
    3 Litre Deep
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS x durandii
    Striking bright blue flowers on long stiff stems, good for cutting
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
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    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    CLEMATIS 'Early Sensation'
    Evergreen with pinnate leaves and sweetly scented white flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS florida 'Alba Plena'
    Large double greenish white flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    CLEMATIS florida 'Bicolor'
    (Syn. 'Sieboldii') - beautiful form with large white flowers and a conspicuous central boss of violet-purple stamens
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £22.00
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    Available Early Spring 2025
    Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    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
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £22.00
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    • Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Garden Goodies
    Brown / Green Twine
    Natural garden twine, 500 grams, 350 metres. Ideal in the garden or the home.
    Small
    £5.00
    Large
    £10.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
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    2.5 kg
    £13.00
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    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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