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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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DeciduousEarly flowering on previous year's growth
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BlueDeep blue -
Height2-3m (6½-10ft) -
Spread1.5m (5ft)
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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-clingingSemi-double flowers 5-7cm (2-3in) across. Occasionally flowers from summer to early autumn.
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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 sunShade roots and base.
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Additional Features
Good to knowPrune to allotted space after flowering to encourage new growth for nexr season's flowers.
Pests & Diseasescutworms, aphids on young plants, clematis wilt.
Place of originGarden origin.UK. Washfield Nursery. -
HardinessFully hardy
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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 -
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
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Buy Varieties of CLEMATIS
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 macropetala 'Blue Bird'
mauve-blue
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Maidwell Hall'
deep lavender-blue
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Markham's Pink'
deep pink
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Purple Spider'
very dark purple semi-double flowers.
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS macropetala 'Wesselton'
silvery-blue pendulous flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS montana 'Broughton Star'
semi-double salmon-pink flowers
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS montana 'Elizabeth'
large soft pink fragrant flowers
CLEMATIS montana 'Grandiflora'
strong-growing hardy form with white 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
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS montana 'Tetrarose'
deep pink. Ideal for coastal exposure
Gift-wrapping available
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
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS 'Paul Farges'
fragrant, single, white flowers.
Gift-wrapping available
CLEMATIS serratifolia
lemon-scented soft yellow flowers with dark stamens, blooming from late summer to autumn. Silky seed heads last well into winter
Gift-wrapping available
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