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
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
harmful if eaten
Pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents, notably rabbits
skin irritant
People

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Photo of CLEMATIS and HYDRANGEA paniculata 'Limelight' planted together — CLEMATIS and HYDRANGEA paniculata 'Limelight'

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Photo of Tropaeolum ciliatum, Clematis planted together — Tropaeolum ciliatum, Clematis

CLEMATIS alpina 'Blue Dancer'

Alpine 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

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

CLEMATIS cartmanii 'Joe'

Dwarf growing but very floriferous, white

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Freckles'

Larger flowered form, tinged pink with maroon spots

2 to 3 Litre

£24.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Jingle Bells'

Winter flowering bell-shaped flowers of creamy-white

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

CLEMATIS cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream'

Large creamy-white unspotted flowers

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica

Bronze tinged foliage in winter, flowers pale yellow spotted reddish purple

2 to 3 Litre

£24.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS x durandii

Striking bright blue flowers on long stiff stems, good for cutting

2 to 3 Litre

£19.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS 'Early Sensation'

Evergreen with pinnate leaves and sweetly scented white flowers

2 to 3 Litre

£19.00

Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.

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

Available from July 2026

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

CLEMATIS macropetala 'Blue Bird'

Mauve-blue

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS macropetala 'Maidwell Hall'

Deep lavender-blue

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS macropetala 'Markham's Pink'

Deep pink

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

CLEMATIS macropetala 'Purple Spider'

Virgin's bower

Very dark purple semi-double flowers.

2 Litre

£21.00

CLEMATIS macropetala 'Wesselton'

Silvery-blue pendulous flowers

2 to 3 Litre

£21.00

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.

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

Available again from summer 2026
Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.