Encyclopedia: Clematis

A charming climber with bell-shaped, nodding, violet-lilac flowers from June to September. A beautiful perennial clematis with raised, non-clinging stems (as in climbing rose). When no support is provided, it scrambles over the ground. Looks lovely when intermingled with other plants. A hardy cultivar, particularly useful as ground cover, perfect for growing on terraces.

A cultivar of pink flowers, borne double on old wood from May till June. In double flowers outer sepals are larger than petals, dark pink with lighter margins. Petals are pale pink with narrow dark pink bar along the middle. From August till September single flowers develop on new shoots. Creamy-white stamens. This cultivar of moderate growth thrives in sunny sites. Par...

A charming, very vigorous, almost rampant cultivar with green foliage persisting well into early November. In summer and autumn small (4-5 cm), star-shaped, slightly scented creamy white flowers are abundantly scattered over the whole plant. Well-liked by bees. A healthy, hardy plant with low requirements. The scent is more distinguished in a sunny position. Excellent f...

One of the prettiest red flowered cultivars. Apart from the outstanding looks its assets are modest demands and easy maintenance. Ideal for container cultivation. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Medium-sized flowers, 8–12 cm across, with 6  pointed, glowing crimson sepals and red stamens. Blooms between June and August. Leaves simple or trifoliate, dark green. HOW IT GROW...

A profusely flowering Estonian cultivar of compact growth. Shaded rose-lilac flowers with nicely contrasting yellow stamens. Sepals with a dark pink bar at the centre. In June, on previous year’s wood flowers are semi-double, in summer single on new growth. Moderately growing, it twines around the supports by means of cleaf petioles. Suitable for training over small gar...

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A Polish variety raised by Szczepan Marczyński, introduced in the market in summer 2012. Its flowers are always full, both on last year’s wood and on new growth, relatively large for the Atragene Group (8-10 cm in diameter). Bell-shaped, nodding, set on purple pedicules and pleasantly grapefruit-scented, they have 4 elliptical, pointed sepals fairly wavy along the edges...

One of the earliest and most profusely flowering varieties. Charming, mauve pink flowers with a deep pink blotch at the base of each sepal and paler margins, borne during April-June, 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 scrambling over rocks and old stump...

A Polish variety raised by Szczepan Marczyński, introduced in the market in summer 2012. Its flowers are always full, both on last year’s wood and on new growth, relatively large for the Atragene Group (10-12 cm in diameter). Bell-shaped, nodding, set on purple pedicules and pleasantly grapefruit-scented, they have 4 elliptical, pointed sepals slightly wavy along the ed...

A Polish cultivar growing up to 1.5-2 m. Flowers, up to 14-17 cm across, usually consist of 6 pointed, wavy-edged tepals that are violet-blue on the upper side and pale violet underneath. Pale yellow anthers and filaments. Flowers are borne in June-July and again in September. The plant uses leaf petioles to climb. Useful for growing up fences, arbours, trellises, stake...