Encyclopedia: Clematis

A hardy, compact cultivar with double navy-blue flowers on both old and new growth, from May to August. Suitable for growing over fences, walls, trellises and poles. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Particularly useful for cultivation in small gardens, or in containers on terraces and balconies.

An intriguing, new Polish cultivar of double and semi-double purple-red flowers. Repeats blooming at the end of summer. Perfect for container cultivation. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large, 18–23 cm across, purple-red with a pink bar and light pink splashes; double during the first bloom and semi-double during the second. Free-flowering in June and July, sometime...

A vigorous and free-flowering cultivar. Dark, almost black, deep violet purple flowers with purple anthers on creamy filaments are borne in great profusion from the end of June to September. Very undemanding, will succeed in any position. Suitable for fences, arbors, trellises, poles and other garden supports. It can also be grown over natural supports such as coniferou...

A moderately fast growing cultivar with bicolor flowers. Large, pale mauve-pink blooms with red anthers, each sepal with a carmine central bar, are profusely borne in May and June and again in July - September. It doesn’t like extremely hot, sunny areas, best planted on a north wall or in a shady position to prevent bleaching. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, a...

A Japanese cultivar with crimson-violet flowers, about 8 cm across. 4-6 tepals have a fair, almost white at the base, central bar. Crimson-violet anthers on white-yellow filaments. It flowers from June to September. It grows best in a sunny spot. Climbs using leaf petioles. Useful for growing up fences, arbours, trellises, stakes, and other garden supports. It looks par...

One of the most popular varieties. Large, very deep red flowers with yellow anthers. Just after opening blooms appear almost black. Very free-flowering. It was raised in Poland.Excellent for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. deciduous and coniferous bushes and dwarf shrubs. Suitable for...

The latest Polish cultivar bred by Szczepan Marczyński with pale pink open flowers of 5-6 cm across, composed of 4 rhomboid loosely arranged tepals with pink veining, light base and wavy edges. Yellow anthers on pale yellow-green filaments. It flowers profusely from June to August. It attains the height of 2,5-4 m and attaches itself to the support by means of twining leaf petioles. Useful for growing on fences, arbours, pergolas and various garden supports such as tr...

A slender-stemmed, scrambling herbaceous perennial. Stems don't twine around the supports, but they can lean against them. Bell-shaped, mid-violet-blue light scented flowers with twisted tepals, borne from June to September, followed by silky seed heads. Best planted on perennial borders or among shrubs. Makes good ground cover.

A Japanese variety growing up to 2-3 m. White to pale pink flowers of about 16 cm in diameter, shading to pink or crimson pink round the edges. 6 to 8 tepals, pink on the outer side. Violet-red anthers on creamy filaments. Blooms in May-June and again August-September. Particularly useful for training up trellises, stakes and other supports, as well as for growing in co...

One of the earliest and most profusely flowering varieties – during April-June, with occasional flowers in summer. Charming, large, rich blue flowers with outer staminodes tinged blue and inner staminodes white are followed during summer and autumn by decorative silky seed heads. A very hardy plant with low requirements. Ideal for growing over fences, walls, or scrambli...