Data specific to Clematis (Edit)
Plant Group: Vitalba
Typical Plant Size: Typically 5 to 7 feet
Pruning Group: Group 3 - Hard pruning recommended in early spring
Bloom Diameter: Small/Medium - typically 4 inches
Bloom Color (Tepals): White/Cream/Silver hue
Preferred Light: Tolerates full sun
Moisture Requirements: Tolerates infrequent watering
Additional Information: Free-flowering (very floriferous)
Recommendations: Good choice for hot climates

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 feet
Plant Spread: 6 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: Cream/Silvery
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Clematis
  • Traveller's Joy
  • Old Man's Beard

Photo Gallery
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-22
Location: Dragons, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-16
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-13
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-13
Location: Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2016-06-12
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-07-30
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-22
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-28
Location: Lora, Haripur, Hazara.
Date: 2012-10-23
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-13

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Location: The Ardennes, Belgium
Date: 2016-11-05
On top of a forested calcareous mountain.
Location: Lora, Haripur, Hazara.
Date: 2012-10-23

Date: 2014-07-16
Credit Pimpinellus

Date: 2014-07-16
Credit Pimpinellus

Photo by Leo Michels

Photo by Leo Michels

photo credit: H. Zell

Date: 2007-03-15
Flora Batava of Afbeeldingen en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Ge

An illustration from British Entomology by John Curtis 1840

Abbildung Der Hundert Deutschen Wilden Holz-Arten Nach Dem Nummer

Photo by user Hectonichus, Wikipedia

Photo by H. Zell, Wikipedia

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Location: Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-06-28

Photo by Leo Michels
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Stunningly beautiful... by chelle Jan 17, 2013 2:30 PM 1

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