If you want a beautiful vine that will climb up a trellis, pole, or fence, then consider a clematis. With large, intricate flowers and vibrant colors, they are a great choice for your garden. Clematis prefer a location with 5-6 hours of sunlight with a bit of shading on the roots. Most gardeners like to plant annuals around the base, or use mulch to help keep the roots cool. We will have the varieties below when we open in late April.
 Blue Angel The pale lavender blue flowers have delicate crinkly edges and recurve slightly. Anthers are creamy yellow. Very free flowering and holds well as a cut flower. Blooms June-August. |
 Franziska Maria Very free flowering, compact double clematis, ideal for containers. It produces the most beautifully-shaped double flowers, on both old and new growth. The 4-6″ blue-purple flowers with yellow anthers are full and repeat flowering from June through September. |
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 Jackmanii Superba Rich velvet purple, 5″ open flowers. More rounded and slightly larger flower than Jackmanii. Blooms July-September. |
 John Huxtable The flowers are 4″ in diameter, and the white petals are offset by yellow-white anthers. It grows to a height of 9′ and blooms June-August. |
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 Josephine This variety has flowers with 6-8 base petals which are almost bronze, tinged with green and a darker bar. Inner petals are lilac with pink bar. As the flower ages the base petals fall away giving a pom-pom effect. Blooms June-August. |
 Mrs. Cholmondeley Very large true blue prolific blooming Clematis. Blooms May, June and September. |
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 Rebecca An Evison/Poulsen cultivar with very large flowers that are stunningly bright red (almost scarlet) with creamy yellow anthers. It is exceptionally free-flowering. Blooms May-June and August. |
 The President Deep purple with purple anthers. Continuous bloomer and does not fade in the sun. Large 7-8″ flowers bloom June-September. |
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 Ville de Lyon Very large carmine-red petals with lighter centers. Blooms June-September. Very rich velvety flower! |
 Warsaw Nike A rich velvet reddish purple variety which produces 5″ wide open flowers in late May through September. Flowers are composed of six to eight overlapping petals, each deeply grooved along the center. |
