Encyclopedia: Clematis

An Estonian hybrid of Clematis integrifolia to which it owns its non-twining stems. Flowers, purple blue at first, in full blossom become blue with a lilac blue central bar and golden anthers on white filaments. Free flowering from June to September. Hard pruning required. Thrives in all aspects. Excellent for growing between deciduous and coniferous shrubs or for sprea...

A charming Polish cultivar bearing exceptionally large, deep violet-blue flowers with violet stamens. Flowers June-July and again in September. Ideal for fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports.

A Japanese, intriguing variety of bright red, full and semi-full flowers ranging 8-14cm in diameter. Irregular sepals, wide and lanceolate, with wavy edges and pointy tips. Bright red with pink bar in the middle, lighter at the base and with green spots showing mostly on the outside whorls. Stamens have dark pink filaments and light yellow anthers. Blooms in second half...

A perennial cultivar of large, ornamental, light blue flowers. Recommended for domestic garden flower beds. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large, 12–15 cm across, light blue, built of 4–8 elliptically prolonged sepals with wavy margins and stamens of purple anthers on lemon-coloured filaments. Blooms moderately between June and August. HOW IT GROWS: A perennial. ...

A highly attractive Japanese cultivar of double, pink flowers 10-14 cm in diameter, consisting of numerous sepals varying from elliptic to narrow – needle-shaped, bright-pink, sometimes nearly red that acquire green splashes in cold weather. Stamens and staminodia are of green hue but they turn pink when full blown. Free-flowering from May till June. Flowers cove...

A beautiful Japanese cultivar. Large, vivid pink flowers with a paler central bar and contrasting yellow stamens. One of the earliest flowering large-flowered varieties, mid May-June, and again in August-September. It doesn’t like extremely hot, sunny areas. Suitable for growing over arbors, pergolas, trellises and various garden supports. It can clamber over natural su...

A hardy, free-flowering Polish cultivar of a moderate growth. Crimson flowers with reddish-brown stamens are borne in great profusion from June to September. Ideal for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. small trees, deciduous or coniferous shrubs where conditions are suitable, otherwise ...

A new, attractive Polish cultivar of large yellow flowers and compact habit. Robust and easy to maintain. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large, 7˗9 cm across, bright yellow, bell-shaped, nodding. Bloom from the end of May even till mid-October. In place of the flowers decorative silky seed heads appear. Leaves small, green with blue hue. HOW IT GROWS: A climber; ...

A magnificent variety with large, fully double, dark blue flowers on both old and new growth. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, trellises and poles. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Suitable for cut flowers. Particularly useful for cultivation in small gardens or containers on terraces and balconies.

A Polish variety developed by Szczepan Marczyński, offered for sale in 2011. It has glaring pink flowers, with a red and pink stripe across the sepals. It blooms abundantly from June to September. It grows fast, up to 3 m high. It can be grown on any stand and in any ordinary garden soil. This plant is easy to grow. It is completely frost-resistant. It can be used in ur...