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    CLEMATIS
    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
      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
    View Planting Tips and Care Advice
    Clematis - Growing Guide
    Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
    Planting to avoid allergic reactions and asthma
    View Planting Combinations

    Varieties

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    • CLEMATIS armandii 'Apple Blossom'
    Blush pink flowers, tinted white, from darker pink buds.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.00
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    Available again from NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2025
    Despatch will be anytime during November or December as stock becomes available. Bareroot hedging and roses can be delayed by unfavourable weather conditions.
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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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    Available Early Spring 2026
    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
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
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    Available Early Spring 2026
    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 'Wisley Cream'
    Large creamy-white unspotted flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS cirrhosa var balearica
    Bronze tinged foliage in winter, flowers pale yellow spotted reddish purple
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £24.00
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    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.
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    • Useful extras...

    Vermin & Pest Control
    Copper Tape
    Quick and easy way to repel slugs and snails from your pots with this adhesive copper tape.
    £7.50
    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 - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
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