(Armand's Evergreen Clematis, Evergreen Clematis, Snowdrift Clematis)

An evergreen woody vine native to China, Armand's clematis bears clusters of delicate, fragrant, starry flowers in spring. The highly fragrant blooms of the cultivar 'Snowdrift' are pure white with yellow anthers. Its handsome, leathery, glossy, dark green leaves are divided into three leaflets and have clasping stems which allow it to cling to structures.

Provide 'Snowdrift' with average to fertile, well drained soil. It thrives in full sun where summers are cool, but prefers partial shade in...

(Evergreen Chinese Clematis)

Introduced to Western gardens from China in the late 19th century, this often shrubby deciduous vine is best known by the form commonly sold as C. spooneri. In late spring, C. chrysocoma produces masses of fragrant, four-"petaled" flowers that are white to light pink with yellow anthers. They recur intermittently through summer. The stems and three-parted leaves are covered with yellow down. Attractive feathery seedheads follow the flowers. The form sold as C. spooneri is a strongly climbing plant...

(Virgin's Bower)

An early-blooming clematis from China and the Himalayas, this large, vigorous, woody vine bears masses of elegant flowers from mid to late spring. The long-stemmed, white or pink, often fragrant blooms have four segments and a central starburst of pale yellow stamens. Attractive plumed fruits follow the flowers. The three-parted, dark green, deciduous leaves have clasping stalks which enable the vine to cling to supports. This long-lived plant is capable of reaching mammoth proportions over time,...

(Virgin's Bower)

This is an exceptional variety of virgin's bower and among the earliest clematis to bloom in spring. Such a large and elegant white-flowered vine creates an instant focal point in both bright sun or under moonlight. The parent species is native to China where it is found most abundantly in the Himalayan Mountains. Deciduous and woody, it is long-lived and capable of reaching a mammoth length over time. This variety is slightly smaller in scale but compensates with larger flowers. Its strong twining...

(Virgin's Bower)

Vigorous and pretty, this carefree clematis vine offers soft pink flowers early in the season. It is a variety of the white flowered species, Clematis montana, which is native to the Himalayan Mountains of China. Deciduous and woody, it is long-lived and capable of reaching a large size. Its strong twining stems bear deep green, three-parted leaves that exhibit a distinctive burgundy hue.

This beautiful bloomer produces simple pale pink, four-petaled flowers singly or in small groups....

(Pink Perfection Virgin's Bower, Virgin's Bower)

This vigorous selection blooms very heavily, has slightly darker mauve-pink flowers than the standard Clematis montana var. rubens and an extra strong vanilla scent.

Virgin's Bower is carefree and flowers early in the season. It is derived from the white flowered Clematis montana, which is native to the Himalayan Mountains of China. Deciduous and woody, it is long-lived, capable of reaching a large size, and its strong twining stems bear deep green, three-parted leaves...

(Virgin's Bower)

This nearly carefree vine offers strongly-colored pink flowers, fragrance and vigorous growth. It is descended from a white flowered species, Clematis montananative to the Himalayan Mountains of China. Deciduous and woody, it is long-lived and capable of reaching a large size. The stems bear dark green three-part leaves that when new are a distinctive burgundy. This vine climbs by twining stems that wrap best around small diameter twigs. It was often trained into dead trees in old English...

(Wilson's Virgin's Bower)

This beautiful bloomer produces single white flowers alone or in small groups. Each flowers is composed of four slightly twisted sepals (petal-like modified leaves) with a creamy white bunch of anthers at the center. Each is about the size of a small human palm and redolent with a vanilla-like scent. This variety blooms two to three weeks later than most other Clematis montana varieties, and its four weeks of color extend later into the summer. It falls into pruning Group I, clematises that...

(Clematis, Curlyheads)

Just like blooming Virginia bluebells, curlyheads are a sign of spring's return. The nodding, urn- to bell-shaped flowers are the "curlyheads" of fame, but the ensuing seed head is an ornamental spectacle. This clump-forming herbaceous perennial is a rare native of the dry woodlands from southern New Jersey to northern Georgia. It often pops up over limestone rocks in sunny woodland openings.

The stems grow erect or partially flop; this is not a vining clematis species whatsoever. The hairy stems...

(Chinese Clematis)

A small, modestly growing vine, Chinese clematis has spring-occuring flowers of a pale mauve-pink with purple stamens. Very early blooming in the world of clematis it's a deciduous perennial vine native to eastern China, Korea and Japan. It is usually found growing at the edges of woodlands. Flower size and shape varies considerably among plants in the wild, and is one reason this species was historically used to develop the earlier-flowering and differently shaped flowers of modern garden clematis...