|
Historic Clematis Cultivars |
|
Cultivar |
Species |
Intro Yr |
Comments |
| 'Ascotiensis ' |
C. viticella |
1880 |
The flowers are azure blue, 8-10 inches in diameter and blooms in August-September on the current
year's wood. |
| 'Belle of Woking' |
C. Florida |
1885 |
The large flowers are double and silvery gray,
appearing in May-June on the previous year's
growth. |
| 'Comptesse de Bouchard' |
C. jackmanii |
1915 |
The flowers are 5-6 inches in diameter, a satiny rose
color, usually with 6 sepals, appearing from
July-October on the current year's wood. |
| 'Crimson King' |
C. lanuginosa |
1916 |
Probably one of the best large crimson flowered
clematis, but it can become a weak grower. The
anthers are chocolate-colored and it blooms in
July-August |
| 'Duchess of Albany' |
C. texensis |
1897 |
Bell-shaped flowers about 14 inches
in diameter, pink, borne from July-September on the
current year's wood. |
| 'Duchess of Edinburgh' |
C. Florida |
1887 |
This is one of the best, large-flowering,
double, pure white clematis, with very fragrant
flowers appearing in May-June on wood made
the previous year. |
| 'Edouard Desfosse' |
C. patens |
1877 |
Very large violet flowers (with darker ban on
the sepals) usually of 6 or more sepals,
blooming in May on wood of the previous year.
This is the earliest of the C. patens
hybrids to bloom. |
| 'Elsa Spöth' |
C. lanuginosa |
1891 |
The flowers can be 8 inches in diameter, a bright blue
and deeper towards the center, appearing in July-August on the current year's wood. |
| 'Ernest Markham' |
C. vitifolia |
1926 |
Large red flowers from July-September on wood
formed the current year. This is very popular
because of its vivid color. |
| 'Fairy Queen' |
C. lanuginoso |
1877 |
The large flowers are pale pink
with a deeper pink bar on each sepal and appear
in July-August on the current year's growth. |
| 'Gipsy Queen' |
C. jackmanii |
1877 |
Dark, velvety, purple flowers in July-August
on the current year's wood. |
| 'Henryi' |
C. lanuginosa |
1872 |
The 6-8 inches flowers are a creamy white with a
center of dark stamens in June-July. They
appear on the current year's growth. |
| 'I-iuldine' |
C. viticella |
1936 |
Pearly white, translucent flowers with a
mauve-pink bar down the reverse side of each
sepal, make this one of the best. The flowers
are profusely borne, appearing in July-August
and are about 4 inches in diameter, with 4 sepals. |
|
Jackmanii 'Alba' |
C. jackmanii |
1878 |
Large white flowers on the current year's
growth, are at first double, produced from older
wood, then single produced on the current year's
growth. |
|
Jackmanii 'Rubra' |
C. jackmanii |
1903 |
Flowers are a deep red, sometimes the flowers
produced from old wood are double. |
|
Jackmanii 'Superba' |
C. jackmanii |
1889 |
This is an improved form of the original
C. jackmanii
with dark purple flowers 5 inches in
diameter, an excellent and very popular variety. |
| 'King Edward Vii ' |
C. lanuginosa |
1903 |
Purplish-violet flowers, large with soft crimson
bar on each sepal, appearing June to October |
| 'Lady Betty Balfour' |
C. viticella |
1913 |
The velvety-purple,
summer-blooming flowers with yellow stamens are
profusely produced in September and October on the
current year's growth. The flowers are about 5 inches in diameter |
| 'Lady Caroline Neville' |
C, lanuginosa |
1866 |
The white flowers have a mauve
bar on each sepal. The anthers are a pale
reddish brown and the flowers appear from June
to October |
| 'Lasurstem' |
C. patens |
1906 |
With large, deep purplish-blue flowers 7-8 inches wide, produced on old wood in May-June and
sometimes again on new wood in July-August |
| 'Lord Neville' |
C. lanuginosa |
1870 |
Dark Plum purple flowers with a deeper bar on
each sepal, appear from June to August The sepals
have wavy edges and this variety is supposed to
have a very long blooming period. |
| 'Mme. Baron Veillard' |
C. jackmanii |
1885 |
Large bright velvet-red flowers late in July. |
| 'Mme. Edouard Andre' |
C. jackmanii |
1892 |
Medium-sized flowers, for
C. jackmanii, velvety
red and profusely borne on the current year's
wood in July-August |
| 'Miss Bateman' |
C. patens |
1869 |
Large white flowers with chocolate-red stamens
in the center, produced on the previous year's
growth in May-June. |
| 'Mrs. Cholomondeley' |
C. lanuginosa |
1870 |
Large light blue flowers up to 8 inches wide,
with spaces between the sepals, but the flowers
are freely produced from May until September, making
this one of the longest flowering of the
clematis. |
| 'Mrs. Spencer Castle' |
C. viticella |
1915 |
Pale mauve-pink flowers which are double when
produced on the old wood and single when
produced on the young wood. The flowers appear
from June to October |
| 'Nelly Moser' |
C. patens |
1897 |
An old reliable favorite with pale mauve-pink
blossoms, usually 8 sepals. With deep pink bar
down each, blooming May-June on the previous
year's wood, sometimes again In September |
| 'Prins Hendrik' |
C. lanuginosa |
1912 |
The large azure-blue sepals are slightly crimped
on the edges, the flowers being 7 inches wide and
appearing in July-August |
| 'Ramona' |
C. lanuginosa |
1874 |
Pale lavender-blue flowers. |
| 'The President' |
C. patens |
1880 |
The large flowers are dark blue to reddish
plum-violet with a paler bar down the middle of
each sepal and appear from June to October |
| 'Vile de Lyon' |
C. viticella |
1900 |
Introduced Large flowers of reddish purple
with deeper color around the edges of the
sepals, appearing on the current year's wood
from July-September |
