We bought a house a couple weeks ago and the previous owner said this was clematis. That doesn't seem to be accurate. Any guesses? It hasn't bloomed yet this year as far as I can tell. Thanks!

Actually it seems to be blooming now, but I still don't know what it is.

It looks like a species of Smilax?

Are you sure it's not Clematis terniflora/Sweet Autumn Clematis?

janinilulu said:Are you sure it's not Clematis terniflora/Sweet Autumn Clematis?

I'm honestly not sure of anything with this one I posted it in the clematis forum and they said that was incorrect

I'm going to definitely keep an eye on it!

Perhaps it is a species clematis then but the leaves look different from Clematis terniflora

Calif_Sue said:Perhaps it is a species clematis then but the leaves look different from Clematis terniflora

That confused me too. Hopefully it blooms soon, would sure be nice to know what it is! I'll keep an eye on it.

BlueOddish said:It looks like a species of Smilax?

Maybe? I'll go out today and see if there's a part I can pull away from the rest to get a good look/picture.

Here are some more pics. It looks like all the green growth is draped over previous years growth.



a couple of the top stems look red

Can you post a close-up of the flowers when they open?

sooby said:Can you post a close-up of the flowers when they open?

Definitely!

There's finally a bloom!

I know nothing about IDing plants but it immediately reminded me of jasmine. I would look into plants related to jasmine if I were you! (In fact, I actually will and will update if I find anything!)

Lizardfarmer said:I know nothing about IDing plants but it immediately reminded me of jasmine.

Honestly that was my first thought too! I didn't stop to smell it though, we had a lot of rain today.

I still think it's Sweet Autumn Clematis...

janinilulu said:I still think it's Sweet Autumn Clematis...

The number of petals is wrong though - I guess when more open we'll find out if that one flower is an aberration.

sooby said:

The number of petals is wrong though - I guess when more open we'll find out if that one flower is an aberration.

I'll keep checking it the next few days. Buds have been looking closer and closer to opening lately, it will probably explode soon.

Pretty, whatever it is!

https://www.springhillnursery....

The flowers pictured here look a lot like yours.

janinilulu said:https://www.springhillnursery.com/images/800/66189_1.jpg

The flowers pictured here look a lot like yours.

They do. What is it?

Edit - backtracked to the site and found it. So that's Clematis terniflora but with five petals so it must have abnormal five petaled flowers fairly often.