(shiny leaves)
Deciduous climber. Attractive parsley-like leaf finely divided. Flowers held erect on 2cm stems yellow bells. Strong cowslip scent. (xC) Seen growing alongside the Great Wall of China!

Yellow 3-4 cm nodding flowers. Attractive, neat finely cut blue-green foliage and fluffy platinum coloured seed head. (xC) Midsummer-autumn. Most interesting when scrambling over shrubs.

Doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Vigorous evergreen climber. Flowers whitish pink 5cm wide in dense axillary clusters. Delightful scent. Late winter-early spring. (xA) Strong vanilla scent.

The true Cl. armandii 'Jefferies' has never been available in NZ. The one sold here is in fact not an armandii, but Cl. finetiana.

Vigorous evergreen climber to 6m. Flowers white 5cm wide in dense axillary clusters. Delightful scent. Late winter-early spring. (xA)

Frost tender and very rampant like Cl. vitalba.

Flowers dainty nodding open bell-shaped 2-4cm dia. white to pale blue recurved at tips, tepals x4, anthers creamy yellow. (xA-C) Summer-autumn. 3-7m. Foliage glaucous and open on a very vigorous plant.

Delightful small 4cm bell shaped creamy flowers with maroon freckles on a wintergreen climber, mainly winter flowering, beautiful silky seed head. (xA) This is the cut-leaved form from Mediterranean. Lighter appearance than the other Cl. cirrhosa varieties.

Delightful small 4cm bell-shaped creamy flowers on a wintergreen climber, mainly winter flowering beautiful silky seed heads. (xA) "No freckles". Scented, attractive seed heads.

Flowers 5cm bell-shaped cream-pink with red blotches (freckles) wintergreen foliage, winter-flowering, also summer. Scented. AGM (xA) Grow over arch so flower can be seen from below.

Flowers 5cm bell-shaped cream-pink outside and red inside. Wintergreen foliage, winter-flowering and spontaneous in summer. (xA)

Pale through to dark violet-blue urn-shaped flowers. The inside of each tepal has a white bar. Anthers cream to pale yellow. Fragrant, tepals x4, 2.5-5cm long, 0.8-1.5cm wide, lanceolate, broadening towards tip, tip strongly recurved. Extremely exciting to work with, just love them...working on selecting the best!

Lemon scented small yellow flowers in panicles on a vigorous grower, nice light green leaves. (xA)

Strongly hawthorne-scented, star-shaped flowers, 25-35mm across. Leaves trifoliate coriaceous (leathery) white evergreen. October-November (xA) Smaller than Cl. armandii and later flowering.

Is a semi-evergreen species which sometimes is flowering throughout the winter with us, as well as flowering spring and autumn, and often seems to be dormant or semi-dormant during midsummer (often believed dead). This makes them a bit fickle and we find them one of the more difficult plants to survive (we are still learning) Therefore we will only sell this species as a two year plant (premium size). We do NOT replace this species if lost!

Flowers single creamy-white to greenish white 10cm across. Deep violet anthers! (xC) 2-3m. Summer-autumn. Cut flower! We have acquired this very fine form from Merv. Jerard. This is a better form than some of the forms seen overseas, and therefore have given it the cultivar name 'Merv' after its finder.

Medium to large, single creamy white flowers with pinkish-grey anthers and a green centre. ^®'Garland' collection. (xC) Flower comes out light green during cool periods. Protected under PVR.

Flowers fully double, creamy-white to greenish white, 10cm across. Best grown as companion to a conifer or a ceanothus. (xC). Summer-autumn. Cut flower!

Flowers 10cm. Fully double outer tepals x6, creamy white offset by a dramatic central boss of purple petaloid stamens. (xC). Summer-autumn. Cut flower!

Very vigorous, flowers in masses, small white 3cm hawthorn-like scented (personally I think it is elderberry blossom). This form has narrow bi-pinnate leathery leaves which make it look evergreen, but it's deciduous! Will easily reach 4m in a season. Hard pruning! (xC) Very nice when planted together w. Cl. viticella. Flowering time here December to February. This type is seen growing in sand dunes in Spain. . . . . . . This species has been blacklisted. In my 20 years of growing this species in NZ, I have only found two surviving related seedlings. Still we recommend autumn pruning to avoid seed-ripening! Cl. flammula needs good drainage and are relatively short-lived; 10 years or so. This species is under threat in Europe.

Hyacinth-like lavender blue flowers in large clusters. Sweetly scented. Shrubby herbaceous.

Dark blue, open bell-shaped flowers 5cm long, free flowering. Suitable as a cut flower, attractive seed heads. Herbaceous. This is one of the cutest little things.

white form

Pink form . If you fancy this type, but live in zone 9, I suggest you have a good look at 'Rouguchi' and 'Aljonushka'; larger in every way, but they deliver in warmer areas.

Double deep blue hanging bell-shaped flowers, 4-5cm dia. Spring flowering (second flush here in March). ("Blue Lagoon") (xA) macropetala needs cool winter dormancy... doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Pink form of Cl. macropetala. Outer surface of tepals bright reddish-purple with narrow pale lilac margin. Inner, staminoider greenish-cream (xA) Leaves and flowers start in September in Tikorangi . . . doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Pink form of Cl. macropetala. Outer surface of tepals magnolia purple with narrow pale lilac margin. Inner, staminoider greenish-cream. (xA) Doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Doesn't like the warmer parts of the country.

Flowers are borne in great abundance in terminal panicles, 3cm., narrow star like tepals x4, creamy-white anthers, strong scent of Lilac (Syringa). For the perennial border or woodland. (xC)

Deciduous wintergreen with a dormancy period during midsummer (where it looks dead, and is better off on the dry side than the wet). Very nice, but said to seed itself everywhere, so therefore be cautious. Quite vigorous. (xA) Closely related to the winter flowering Cl. cirrhosa. Small but attractive flower, but the flowering season too short to be worthwhile.

Yellow 4cm bell-shaped, open nodding flowers, very thick tepals like orange peel. Foliage quite finely divided. Attractive seed head. (xC)

Selected form of our native "Piki-kai-arero" or "Puawahananga" young leaves with bronze marmoration, flowers are very large white with yellow anthers. (xA)

Our selected form of our native "Piki-kai-arero" or "Puawahananga" young leaves with bronze marmoration, flowers are the largest I have seen, white flowers with yellow anthers. (xA)

Nodding, semi-double pale pink double flowers veined with deeper pink and deeper pink flush towards the base. Spring and late summer.

Cross of two of our native clematis. Flowers are large white with yellow anthers. This clematis is hardier than the paniculata. (xA) Protected under PVR.

(herbaceous)
Flowers are borne in great abundance in terminal panicles, 3cm, narrow tepals x4, star-like. Anthers creamy-white, strong scent of hawthorn. (xC) For the perennial border or woodland.

Flowers are borne in great abundance in terminal panicles, 3cm, narrow tepals x4, star-like. Anthers creamy-white, strong scent of hawthorn. (xC) Purple leaved. Use in perennial border or woodland.

Small hanging, closed bell-shaped flowers in axill. panicles, straw-yellow. Strongly cowslip-scented. Vigorous to 6m. (xC) Summer. Self seeding so keep under control. We recommend autumn pruning to avoid seed ripening! This may be Cl. veitchiana we grow in NZ as Cl. rehderiana. Late Pruning!

Vigorous woody climber to 4m. Flowers usually in threes, nodding open bell-shaped tepals x4, gabby pale yellow flowers. Anthers purple. Scented. (xC) Notable lemon scent! Attractive seed heads.

Herbaceous plant with stout upright stems, trifoliate serrated leaves. Flowers pale lavender or light blue, tubular 20-30mm long in terminal panicles, tepals x4 with reflexed tips. Slightly scented. Cut flower! Attractive seed heads. (xC) Also known as Cl. heracleifolia ssp. stans.

Flowers yellow campanulate 3-4 cm long. Conspicuous seed heads with feathery styles. Hard winter prune. (xC) Self seeding so keep under control.

Flowers yellow, bell shaped, 5cm (large) tepals x4. Attractive seed heads! Midsummer to early autumn. (xC) Self seeding, so keep under control. Award of Merit 1979. Great scrambling to shrubs.

Flowers bright yellow made up of tepals x4 shaped like orange peel, nodding, anthers brownish-yellow-green. Pinnate leaves. (xC) Self seeding so keep under control. Most like a large Cl. orientalis.

Flowers white 3cm, hawthorn scented, tepals x4 in dichasia (clusters), anthers cream. Deciduous. This form has much heavier branches with the leaves (leaf with 7 small leaves up to 30cm) spaced so it appears more open than the normal form. It's a hexaploid (triple the normal chromosome numbers) as well as being a week or two later in flowering. (xA-B-C) Self seeding so keep under control.

Flowers white 3cm, hawthorn scented, tepals x4, star-like, anthers cream. Deciduous, but in milder zones it can be near evergreen. (xA-B-C) Can be used to cover large areas, trees, fences. In North America this clematis is known as the 'sweet scented autumn clematis'. Self seeding so keep under control.