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A native plant forming mounds of sprawling rush-like stems. Trained it can growing up as a climber. Very beautiful nodding cream flowers smoother the foliage in spring, followed by fluffy silver seed heads. Hardy to dry, open conditions. Evergreen

A great plant for grasslands, shrublands and rocky areas. Its natural range follows the dry eastern flanks of the lower North Island and South Island Growing Clematis

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aka Clematis Hybrid

Clematis Aotearoa has flowers 12.5cm across in a rich violet purple. Flowers profusely in late spring and early summer. Deciduous

Group 3 Growing Clematis

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aka Clematis hybrid

An award winning little Clematis that as a sprawling habit rather than being a clinging climber. The beautiful nodding mauve-blue flowers appear in summer and autumn. Happiest in well drained, deep cool soil. Prune as per Group 3. Deciduous. RHS AGM

Group 3 Growing Clematis

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aka Clematis hybrid

A striking Clematis with very double silver-mauve blooms that open from fat buds in spring-summer. Plant in sun or semi-shade but make sure it is where it can be admired because it's a beauty. Will do best in deep cool soil. Deciduous

Group 2 Growing Clematis

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aka Clematis hybrid

Exquisite yet simple single blooms in a glowing violet blue with a small stamens appear in spring-summer. Plant in sun or semi-shade. Will do best in deep cool soil or at the very least mulch the surface roots in summer. RHS AGM. Deciduous. Group 2.

Group 2 Growing Clematis

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aka Clematis hybrid

Add some 'Fireworks' to your spring garden with this award winning Clematis that has very large star shaped blooms in a soft mauve shade highlighted with a bar of deep mauve-pink. Plant in sun or semi-shade and keep the surface roots cool for best results. Deciduous. RHS AGM.

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Excellent Clematis for growing through trees or covering unsightly walls. Flowers in late spring. The flowers are fragrant and a deep dusky pink with contrasting creamy anthers. Very deep bronze new foliage. Deciduous.

Group 1, Pruned after flowering in spring; tidy up broken or damaged limbs. Growing Clematis

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Developed here in New Zealand, its most distinguishable feature are very large (for a Clematis montana) flowers that grow to more than 10 cm in diameter. The flowers are semi-double, soft-pink and arrive in abundance in spring. Looks great against walls, trellis or in a tree.

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Clematis Montana. Small, flattish, faintly scented, semi-double, flowers that are pale creamy yellow at the centre of the tepal, shading through pale pink to a deep pink margin. Yellow anthers on white filaments. Deciduous

So named because of the similarity of the flowers to the Pied Piper of Hamelin’s "gypsy coat of red and yellow" in Robert Browning's poem. Group 1 Growing Clematis

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This clematis has masses of delicately scented, large, semi-double soft pink flowers with pale yellow stamens. Blooms throughout spring. Its leaves emerge bronze-brown and then age to dark green. Looks great against a wall or trellis or climbing in a tree. Deciduous.

Group 1, Pruned after flowering in spring; tidy up broken or damaged limbs. Growing Clematis