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

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    • CLEMATIS serratifolia
    Korean clematis
    Lemon-scented soft yellow flowers with dark stamens, blooming from late summer to autumn. Silky seed heads last well into winter
     
    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.
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    CLEMATIS tangutica
    Yellow lantern-like flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS urophylla 'Winter Beauty'
    Pendulous, creamy-white urn-shaped flowers.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £27.50
    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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    CLEMATIS viticella 'Abundance'
    Bell-shaped wine-red flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS viticella 'Alba Luxurians'
    Grey-green foliage and bell-shaped flowers which are green tipped white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    Available again from SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2026
    Despatch will take place anytime between early September through to late October as stock becomes available.
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    CLEMATIS viticella 'Black Prince'
    Dark purple.
     
    2 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS viticella 'Dark Eyes'
    Very dark purple and free-flowering
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS viticella 'Polish Spirit'
    Purple flowers with deep red stamens
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    CLEMATIS viticella 'Royal Velours'
    Rich, velvety purple-red
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.00
    Available again from SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2026
    Despatch will take place anytime between early September through to late October as stock becomes available.
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    CLEMATIS viticella 'Venosa Violacea'
    Purplish-blue flowers with a white bar and dark stamens. Comparatively large flowers for a viticella
     
    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.
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    Large Flowered Summer Varieties

    CLEMATIS 'Bees Jubilee'
    Bluish-pink striped with carmine
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    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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    CLEMATIS 'Countess of Lovelace'
    Double bluish lilac flowers in early summer and single flowers on new shoots in late summer
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    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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    CLEMATIS 'Duchess of Edinburgh'
    Large double white with green shading
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    Available again from SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2026
    Despatch will take place anytime between early September through to late October as stock becomes available.
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    CLEMATIS 'Ernest Markham'
    Petunia red with velvety sheen
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS 'General Sikorski'
    Large single blue flowers with creamy anthers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    Available again from SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2026
    Despatch will take place anytime between early September through to late October as stock becomes available.
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    CLEMATIS 'Gipsy Queen'
    Velvety violet-purple
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    CLEMATIS 'Hagley Hybrid'
    Shell pink with brown anthers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS 'Huldine'
    Pearly white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS 'Jackmanii Superba'
    Violet-purple
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS 'Lasurstern'
    Blue
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    Available again from SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2026
    Despatch will take place anytime between early September through to late October as stock becomes available.
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    CLEMATIS 'Marie Boisselot'
    Large pure white
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    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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    CLEMATIS 'Mrs Cholmondeley'
    Pale lavender-blue flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    CLEMATIS 'Multi Blue'
    A most striking clematis with large double blue flowers in profusion
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
    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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    CLEMATIS 'Nelly Moser'
    Pink-white bar
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £19.50
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