Encyclopedia: Clematis

Attractive single bicolor flowers: vivid velvety purple-red with a pale pink margin. Contrasting yellow-golden anthers and white filaments. The young foliage has a purple cast. Polish variety. Free-flowering over a long period, from late May to mid July and again from late August to September. It grows up to 2,5 m. It doesn’t like extremely hot, sunny areas, prefers sem...

A Japanese cultivar of the largest flowers in Texensis Group. Flowers are deep pink, tulip-shaped. Bloom profusely throughout summer. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers small, 4–7 cm across, deep pink, consisting of 4 sepals strongly curled at the tips. They are half-open bell-shaped. Stamens have yellow anthers  on creamy white filaments. Free flowering from mid-June t...

A beautiful, strong-growing cultivar, very free-flowering over an incredibly long period. Nodding at first, and then opening completely flat, bright yellow flowers have decorative, outer reflexed tepals. Blooms in June-August, flowers later on followed by decorative silky seed heads. Excellent for fences and tall supports. Makes good ground cover. Best grown in a sunny ...

A perennial cultivar with stiff, erected stems that don’t twine round the support but can lean against it. Bright blue, hyacinth shaped, fragrant flowers, consisting of 4 rolled back tepals with nicely crimped margins, are borne in clusters in leaf axils from July to September. Particularly useful for perennial borders or among shrubs.

An attractive, low growing perennial cultivar of wiry shoots. Long-blooming from August till October. Particularly suitable for growing in small gardens, along paths. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers small, 1-2 cm across, light-yellow, of hyacinth shape set in leaf axils, consisting of 4 curling outwards, light-pink sepals brightened in the middle by yellow stamens. Blooms from August till October. Shoots erect, wiry. HOW IT GROWS: A perennial, primitive climber,...

An attractive Japanese cultivar with large, bright red flowers. Recommended for cultivation in all types of house gardens. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers large,  across 15–17 cm, bright purple-red, velvety. Sepals wide, elliptic, with tips slightly curled; stamens bright yellow. Free-flowering from mid-May till the end of June. Leaves dark green with entire margins,...

A vigorous and free-flowering cultivar. Pearly white flowers with a mauve bar on the reverse and white filaments with yellow anthers, borne from June to September. Thrives best in full sun. Suitable for fences, arbors and garden supports.

A Polish variety raised by Szczepan Marczyński, introduced in the market in summer 2012 . Flowers on old wood are semi-full, 12-18 cm in diameter, with sepals longer on the outside and gradually shorter towards the center. Sepals are light pink with a darker, deeper pink blush on the edges and in the central bar. Single flowers on new shoots, 10-12 cm in diameter, usual...

A cultivar with double flowers borne on old wood, 14-15 cm across composed of 40-60 elliptic, pointy, pale pink sepals with darker margins which grow paler past full-bloom.  On new growth flowers are single, formed with 6-7 pale pink sepals with darker margin, usually pointing up. Anthers are yellow on white filaments. Flowering from the end of May till the end of July,...

A perennial variety obtained as a cross between Clematis integrifolia and 'Warszawska Nike'. Dark pink flowers with twisted tepals and nicely contrasting yellow stamens are borne from June to September. As a member of the Integrifolia Group it has non-clinging stems that can lean against a support. Suitable for every aspect. Hard pruning required. It’s particularly usef...