Genus: Clematis - Ornamental Plant Information from PlantsGalore.Com

Clematis or Bower

This is a genus of around 300 species that come primarily from Japan and China.

Clematis vines are probably the most commonly used ornamental vine. There are not hundreds and hundreds of named cultivars available in a very wide array of colors and flower types.

Clematis Types - Care and Culture of Clematis

Clematis alpina	Alpine Clematis
C. armandii	Armand Clematis
C. beracletfolia
C. chrysocoma	Goldwool Clematis
C. crispa	Curly Clematis
C. x durandii	Durand Clematis
C. x eriostemon
C. flammula	Plume Clematis
C. florida
C. heracleifolia	Tube Clematis
Clematis Hybrids
C. integrifolia	Solitary Clematis
C. x jackmanii	Jackman Clematis
C. x joulniana
C. kivihu
C. lanuginosa
C. ligusticifolia	Western Virgin's Bower
C. macropetala	Big Petal Clematis
C. montana	Anemone Clematis
C. occidentalis	Rock Clematis
C. paniculata	Sweet Autumn Clematis
C. recta	Ground Clematis
C. stans	Japtube Clematis
C. tangutica	Golden Clematis
C. terniflora	Sweet Autumn Clematis
C. texensis	Scarlet Clematis
C. verticillaris	Leatherflower Clematis
C. virginiana	Virgin's Bower
C. viticella	Italian Clematis
C. vitifolia	Grapeleaf Clematis
C. voirna

Species	Height (in)	Flower Color	No. of Leaflets
C. beracletfolia	2-3	Blue	3-5
C. integrifolia	1½-2	Blue	Entire
C. recta	3-4	white	5-7

* Guides and Keys are from the book "Herbaceous Perennial Plants A Treatise on their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes" by Dr Allan M. Armitage of the University of Georgia. Varsity Press, Athens, Georgia. 1989 ISBN 0-942375-00. More on Dr Armitage and his other books.