Encyclopedia: Clematis

A Japanese variety, showered at the beginning of summer with abundance of star-shaped flowers, 6-8 cm in diameter, with 4-6 wide elliptical sepals, pointed and frayed at the edges, curling underneath at the top. The upper side of the sepals is white and tinged with pink, especially in the middle and top part. Underneath they are white with purple-pink middle veins. Yell...

An early-flowering variety. Beautiful, double, pure-white flowers with very long and twisted sepals, borne during April and May. During summer and autumn they are followed by decorative, bright, silky seed heads, becoming fluffy and gray with age. A very hardy plant with low requirements, it will grow in semi-shaded positions Ideal for growing over low fences and walls ...

A Polish cultivar with large (15-20 cm across) flowers composed of 6-8 violet-blue tepals with a red-purple bar and wavy margins. Red-purple anthers on white filaments. It attains a height of 2-3 m and attaches itself to supports by means of twining leaf petioles. Useful for growing on fences, arbours, trellises, poles and other garden supports. It can climb over natural supports, such as deciduous and coniferous shrubs that don’t require hard pruning. It looks partic...

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-May, 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 stumps...

A graceful climber with strongly fragrant flowers from July to September. Dark bluish-violet sepals nicely contrast with long creamy stamens. Stems are raised, non-clinging (as in climbing rose). When no support is provided, it scrambles over the ground. Looks lovely when intermingled with another plants. A hardy cultivar, tolerant of mediocre, permeable soils. It doesn’t like saturation. Useful for growing through perennials or shrubs. On account of its sweet scent i...

A charming perennial clematis with pink, bell-shaped flowers. Its raised, non-clinging stems (as in climbing rose) can lean against a support or sprawl over the ground. It looks lovely meandering amongst other plants and is suitable for growing over small garden supports. Particularly useful for growing through perennials or small shrubs, as ground cover or in a contain...

Fragrant, small, pale violet-pink flowers, margined with reddish violet, are borne in masses during July-August. A strong-growing cultivar excellent for growing over fences, pergolas, arbors and walls. Thrives best and flowers profusely in a sunny, warm and sheltered position. On account of its delicious scent, an ideal climber for planting near windows, park benches an...

An intriguing, very old Japanese cultivar selected from a natural site. The calyces formed with white, fantastically twirled sepals make for an amazing spectacle from spring till late summer. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large, 12–14 cm across, always double, consisting of 30–50 unruly, twirling, loosely set sepals, white and during the first bloom adorned with a ...