Vines

The Clematis armandii is better known as the evergreen clematis. It is a beautiful climbing vine that produces eye catching vanilla-scented white flowers. Because of this growth habit, they are often found growing up trellises, arbors, pergolas and walls. Their ability to grow up to 30 feet likewise makes them perfect for areas where you …

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The Clematis virginiana is commonly known as the Devil’s Darning Needles, Virgin’s Bower, Devil’s Hair, Love Vine and Woodbine just to name a few. It is a woody vine that’s known for its ability to bloom in the shade. Most clematis need full sun in order to optimally produce flowers. However, the devil’s darning needles …

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The Clematis montana is somewhat different from those that you’re probably familiar with. Clematis are known for their large, beautiful and colorful flowers. However, that isn’t the case here. Instead you have smaller blooms that are many in number. Thus, they aren’t as stunning or eye catching as the others. But, clumped together, they are …

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The sweet autumn clematis refers to a couple of different varieties of the Ranunculaceae family. As such, it can be confusing. In this article, I’ll cover the Clematis terniflora, which is also commonly known as the Japanese Clematis and virgin’s bower in addition to sweet autumn clematis. The first name is uses to separate it …

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The Clematis Jackmanii is a beautiful flowering vines that grows best when trained to climb on different structures in your yard, garden or porch. It is likewise called by a few other names including Jackmanii  Clematis, Jackman clematis and Jackman’s clematis. The plant is actually a hybrid that was borne from the Clematis viticella and …

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The Clematis viticella is commonly known as the purple clematis. Although, it also has a few other common names including Italian clematis, Italian leather flower and Virgin’s bower. As you would guess it is called purple clematis because of its color. But, it is important to note that it is a group of clematis flowers …

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The Nelly Moser clematis (Clematis lanuginosa) is a flowering vine that is well known for its beautiful blossoms. Better yet, they bloom twice a year, once in the spring and then in the summer, which doubles the fun. Just as interestingly, it is the parent of many large flowering clematis varieties including the Clematis jackmanii. …

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The Clematis paniculata is the second Sweet Autumn Clematis in we’ve covered. The first being the Clematis terniflora which also happens to go by the same nickname. This is one reason why plants have botanical names. Since many different plants often have similar common names, there can be a lot of confusion among them. Botanical …

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