Clematis
Family name:
Ranunculaceae 

Common name(s):
Virgin’s bower
Traveller’s joy

The 200 or more species of mostly woody climbers in this genus are scattered through many of the world’s temperate regions, but most of the popular, larger-flowered garden plants have come from Japan and China. They climb by twisting their leaf-stalk tendrils about a support and are a lovely choice for training on verandah posts, arbors, bowers and trellises. Showy bell-shaped or flattish flowers with 4 to 8 petals (or sepals, strictly speaking) are followed by masses of fluffy seed heads, often lasting well into winter.  

 
C. Nelly moser 
 

Frequently Asked Questions about Clematis

Brewster Rogerson, Clematis Connoisseur

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C. laguninosa
native of China introduced to the West early in the nineteenth century, this species in its typical form is now rarely seen in gardens, but it is one of the most important parents of the large-flowered hybrids. A deciduous climber to about 6 ft (1.8 m) high, it bears white to pale lilac flowers up to 8 in (20 cm) wide from spring to fall (autumn). 'Candida' has pure white flowers.


C. mandshurica bilde

C. microphylla