Encyclopedia: Clematis

One of the earliest and most profusely flowering varieties. Lovely, semi-double, pink-crimson flowers, produced from April to June. During summer and autumn they are followed by decorative silky, turning into fluffy and gray with age, seed heads. A very hardy plant with low requirements. Ideal for growing over fences, walls or scrambling over rocks and old stumps. Parti...

The oldest of known Clematis cultivars of charming, fully double flowers, violet-purple with grey hue. It has a retro look, suitable for historical gardens. Recommended for container cultivation. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers small, 3–6 cm across, double, consisting of many curling and rosaceous sepals, violet-purple with grey hue; blooms between June and September...

A Polish variety with large white, sometimes slightly pink flowers. Double flowers are borne on previous year’s wood in May - June, whereas in July - August single flowers with reddish-brown anthers are produced on current year’s shoots.

A very early flowering Polish variety with a medium rate of growth. White flowers with nicely contrasting deep red anthers, borne during May and June. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports.

Claret velvety flowers 15-20 cm in diameter, on long stems. 6 nicely formed wide tepals. Coffee anthers on yellow filaments grouped in a semicircle. Together with yellow pistils they brighten the flowers. The inner side of the tepals has a whitish bar along the midrib and pink edges. Blooms from the end of June to September. It reaches the height of 2-3,5 m. It clings t...

A Polish cultivar raised by Szczepan Marczyński. Strong growing vine covered from June till August with a mass of bright pink flowers.  Suitable for container cultivation. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers medium-sized, 8-10 cm across, roundish, open, facing up and sideways, consisting in 4 wide, eliptic, pink sepals with a bright pink, wide bar along the middle. The...

Large (15-17 cm in diameter), double flowers on new growth – blue with lighter spots. The outer circle of the tepals is mottled with green. Flowers have a nice, regular structure on opening and seem to be made of crêpe paper. When fully open they reveal creamy stamens. Flowers appear from the end of June to September. It grows up to 2-3 m using twining leaf petioles to ...

Fascinating Japanese cultivar of distinctly double flowers 12-15 cm in diameter, consisting of as many as 120 sepals. Sepals are elliptic, pointy, slightly wavy and pointing down. Light green when still in buds (hence the name - 'midori' means green in Japanese) with pink-toned tips, they turn white when opening. In full bloom they are white, sometimes with light green ...

Lilac flowers, shaded pink in summer, of 15 cm in diameter with pointed tepals and crimson anthers on white filaments. Sometimes semi-double flowers appear on old wood. Blooms in May-June, and again in August. It attaches itself to supports with twining leaf petioles. Compact growth. For best growth and flowers, plant in a sunny spot. Excellent for growing on trellises,...

A Japanese cultivar of flowers 15-20 cm in diameter, consisting of 6-8 blue-violet, pointed elliptic sepals with a wide white bar along the middle and wavy edges. Stamens consist of creamy-coloured filaments that turn purple towards the top, and purple anthers. Flowers are borne in the second half of May till June and reappear, although less generously, in August - Sept...