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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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Yellow
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Height2m (6½ft)
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Spread2m (6½ft)
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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-clingingFlowers are followed by silver seed heads
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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)
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Full sun
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Partial shade
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowEarly flowerer on last year's shoots. No routine pruning requiredPests & DiseasesSlugs, aphids on young growth. Rodents may sever stemsPlace of originGarden origin. Netherlands. Gerard Stolwijk
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Flower ShapeCup-shapedOpen cup-shaped 5-8cm (2-3in) acrossDoubleMulti rows of petals, no stamen showing
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Garden Location/ConditionsPatio / pot plants
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HardinessFully hardy
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Leaf marginCleft
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Leaf shapeOvate
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Seasonal InterestAutumnSpringSummer
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
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Toxic - Category CSkin irritantRabbits. C. harmful if eaten
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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
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
CLEMATIS alpina 'Frances Rivis'
(Blue Giant) - Large blue flowers with contrasting white flowers
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
CLEMATIS cartmanii 'Joe'
dwarf growing but very floriferous, white
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Freckles'
larger flowered form, tinged pink with maroon spots
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Jingle Bells'
winter flowering bell-shaped flowers of creamy-white
CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'
large creamy-white unspotted flowers
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
CLEMATIS 'Early Sensation'
evergreen with pinnate leaves and sweetly scented white flowers
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