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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.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • Good to know
      Syn. var. flore-pleno. Prune out dead and damaged stems in early spring. Cut back all other stems to strong buds.
    • Pests & Diseases
      cutworms, aphids on young plants, whiteflies under glass. Clematis wilt.
    • Place of origin
      Japan.
    • Deciduous
      Or semi-evergreen.
    • White
      Greenish white
    • Double
      Multi rows of petals, no stamen showing
    • Saucer-shaped
      To 12cm (4¾in) across
    • Fully hardy
    • Entire
    • Lanceolate
    • Ovate
    • Height
      4m (13ft)
    • Spread
      1m (39in)
    • 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
      Mid-season flowering species. Produces flowers singly or in cymes
    • Hardy - average winter
      Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile well drained soil
      Humus-rich. Mulch in late winter.
    • Full sun
      Provide shade for roots and base of plant.
    • Partial shade
    • harmful if eaten
      Pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably rabbits
    • skin irritant
      People
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    varieties of Clematis

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    • CLEMATIS alpina 'Broughton Bride'
    Pendulous white flowers with slight mauve markings on the outside
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
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    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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    CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
    Large creamy-white unspotted flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS x durandii
    Striking bright blue flowers on long stiff stems, good for cutting
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
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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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    CLEMATIS heracleifolia 'Cote d'Azur'
    A herbaceous perennial with a clump-forming habit. Pale green leaves and tall flower spikes with multiple sets of blue bell-shaped flowers
     
    2 Litre
    £19.00
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    CLEMATIS macropetala 'Blue Bird'
    Mauve-blue
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS macropetala 'Maidwell Hall'
    Deep lavender-blue
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS macropetala 'Markham's Pink'
    Deep pink
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS macropetala 'Wesselton'
    Silvery-blue pendulous flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
    CLEMATIS montana 'Broughton Star'
    Semi-double salmon-pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS montana 'Elizabeth'
    Large soft pink fragrant flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS montana 'Mayleen'
    Plentiful pale pink flowers.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS montana 'Tetrarose'
    Deep pink. Ideal for coastal exposure
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS 'Paul Farges'
    Old man's beard, Virgin's Bower
    A vigorous climber with numerous fragrant creamy-white flowers in late summer and autumn
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £21.00
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    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.
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