Encyclopedia: Clematis

A slender-stemmed, scrambling herbaceous perennial. Stems don’t twine round supports, but they can lean against them. Bell-shaped, deep pink flowers, borne from June to September, followed by silky seed heads. Best planted on perennial borders or among shrubs; suitable as ground cover.

An excellent variety with a moderate growth rate. Large, crimson velvet flowers with beige anthers are borne in great profusion over a long period of time: in May-June, and again in July August. Suitable for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and poles. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. small trees or large, bushy deciduous shrubs. A superb ...

An interesting Japanese cultivar of purple-dark blue velvety flowers 10 cm in diameter, consisting of 4 narrow, eliptic sepals and dark violet anthers on light violet filaments. Flowers borne from mid-June till September. Leaves single or trifoliate, often irregularly dented. Shoots don't climb over supports but can lean on them. Plant reaches 1.7 m height. Scrambles ov...

An Estonia cultivar with fair blue-violet flowers, about 10 cm across. 4-6 slightly wavy-edged tepals with a pink stripe along the midrib. Crimson-violet anthers on pale yellow filaments. Flowers appear profusely on new wood in late June-July and then continue almost incessantly until the end of October. It climbs by means of leaf petioles. Useful for growing up fences,...

Original, Japanese cultivar of double flowers 11-14 cm in diameter, consisting of about 60 sepals. Sepals lanceloate, pointy, with slightly wavy edges and tips pointing downwards. Light green with pink-toned tips when in buds, turning white when opening. In full bloom white, sometimes with greenish bar along the middle, greenish margins and pinkish tips. Same coloured o...

A Polish cultivar with large, 20-22 cm across, pale violet-pink flowers consisting of 6-8 narrow elliptic tepals, long-tipped, with a pale, almost white central bar. Purple anthers on creamy filaments. It flowers very freely in the second half of May and June and again in August and September if given the trimming off the faded flowers, although the second bloom is less...

A Japanese cultivar with deep violet double flowers, 10-12 cm across. Numerous, irregularly elliptic, curved tepals have a nicely contrasting silvery underside. Violet anthers on whitish filaments. It flowers from the second half of May through June and can repeat the blooming in August and September if given the trimming off the faded flowers. Late summer flowers are s...

A perennial climber with beautiful campanulate flowers, the outside of the sepals being scarlet with the inner side a deep pink. In full bloom yellow stamens become visible. Flowers profusely from June to August. As the plant tends to die down completely, in March it should be cut just above the ground level. Vulnerable to powdery mildew. Particularly useful for plantin...

Perennial clematis with violet-blue, open flowers, borne from June to September. The sepals are narrow, twisted and have a deep violet stripe along the center. Crimson-purple anthers on violet-white filaments. The stems grow up to 1,5-2 m but are non-clinging, which means they need tying up or can lean against the support (as in case of a climbing rose). If grown withou...

The latest cultivar from Szczepan Marczyński's collection of light blue flowers with irregular light violet splashes getting lighter towards the centre and with pinkish veins. Flowers 10-12 cm in diameter consist of 4-6 elliptic, pointy sepals with slightly wavy edges and are light blue underneath with a light, almost white bar along the middle. Stamens prettily ...