Encyclopedia: Clematis

A healthy, undemanding variety with intriguing bicolor flowers. White tepals are veined in purple. Deepest purple anthers. Suitable for growing over fences, pergolas, arbors and various garden supports. It can clamber over natural supports such as small trees and shrubs. Excellent for cultivation in large containers on terraces and balconies. It looks particularly effec...

Large, very pale mauve, almost white double flowers borne on old wood in early summer – June and July; in August single flowers appear on new wood. Ideal for a sunny position.

A hardy, floriferous cultivar. Large, rounded, bright carmine-red flowers, deeper red at margins, with contrasting golden stamens. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, arbors, pergolas, trellises and wooden supports. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. small trees or deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Particularly useful for growing in shady positions.

A very free-flowering variety raised in Estonia. Deep bluish-violet velvet flowers with greenish-yellow stamens are profusely borne from the end of June to August. A stunning cultivar, especially effective when grown against a light background.

A moderately strong growing cultivar that twines around the supports by means of curling petioles. Light pink flowers with nicely contrasting bright yellow stamens, semi-double in June, on previous year’s wood and single in summer, on new growth. Suitable for training over small garden supports such as trellises and poles. Particularly useful for sunny sites in small ga...

Polish cultivar with pale violet-blue flowers of about 15-20 cm across, composed of 6 oval tepals, long-tipped, wavy-edged. The stamens have yellow anthers on creamy filaments. It starts flowering in June but the bloom is the most profuse in August when other cultivars are already finishing their flowering period. It attains the height of 2,5-3 m and attaches itself ...

A cultivar with cheerful, single, red-white flowers pointing upwards and outside, 12-15 cm across. Composed of 6-8 elliptic, pointed tepals with slightly wavy edges. Red and whitening towards the middle and base, pink underneath, growing paler past full-bloom. Deep-red anthers on lemon-yellow filaments. Flowers are borne in abundance from June till July from 0.3 m heigh...

Described by its raisers as the best double clematis yet produced. Moderately fast growing cultivar with large, fully double, deep violet-blue flowers flushed with purple and carmine in center, borne on previous year’s wood in May-June. In August single, lavender-blue flowers produced on new growth. Thrives best in sunny positions. Excellent for growing over fences, wal...

Conspicuous, intense red flowers with a white shading along the veins and a white center. Blooms of about 7 cm in diameter comprise 4 sepals and a tuft of green filaments bearing crimson anthers. Free-flowering in June to September. It can grow up to 3 m. Suitable for growing over trellises, fences, poles and various garden supports. It can climb into deciduous and coni...

A hardy, floriferous cultivar with a moderate growth rate. Polish variety. Rich royal purple flowers with gold stamens are profusely borne from June to September. Excellent for growing over fences, walls, trellises and poles. It can clamber over natural supports e.g. small trees or deciduous or coniferous shrubs. Particularly useful for cultivation in large containers o...