Another New Zealand introduction from Plant World! Twining stems carry lovely, pale blue, jasmine-like, starry flowers in spring and summer followed by showy, snow-white berries. Superb in a conservatory or sheltered garden. Few seeds are collected from this delightful climber. ... Learn More

A choice Tasmanian climber grown outside for twenty years here. Thin twining stems produce creamy-yellow purple-tipped waxy flowers in spring. In autumn, outstandingly lovely clusters of deepest violet grape-sized berries appear. ... Learn More

A nursery friend in Tasmania sent us a pod of the rare pure white form of this lovely climber. These plants make a perfect contrast when grown with the blue-berried form. ... Learn More

An absolute beauty from the edges of the cold Chilean jungle. Ascending, twining stems bearing glossy leaves end in multi-headed clusters of exotic, stunningly marked and speckled, alstroemeria-like, orange, yellow and red flowers. Huge seed pods slowly form, and then from October until Christmas these slowly split open, revealing the bright red seeds inside. This incredible plant makes very deep, long-lived tubers and is completely hardy here having withstood minus 15 Centigrade. ... Learn More

Bunches of magnificent, delicately marked, flared, dark pink trumpets hang from twining vines decked with fleshy green leaves. Fabulous either climbing another shrub or on a support and it weaves through a conifer here. Plant out when still small. ... Learn More

This vigorous, hardy, very long-lived, self-clinging climber has a truly exotic look, with glossy pinnate leaves and large trumpet-shaped flowers in vivid orange or red. Truly eye-catching, this lovely plant will enhance any pergola or can be trained over a wall, or even mask unsightly features. ... Learn More

This superlative, vigorous, free-flowering variety, has larger flowers than the species, with pale blue nodding flowers bearing beautiful blue petals and a contrasting boss of white stamens, that open all through the spring. It is also suitable for containers. It was Awarded The 'Award of Garden Merit' by the RHS. ... Learn More

Dwarf climbing clematis are extremely rare to find, but we have located and grown on the dwarfest, most diminutive blue and mauve cultivars we can find. These plants should retain their dwarf stature, although the odd one may reach a little further skywards. But all of them should have large starry flowers in all shades of blue, the best of all colours! ... Learn More

This early-flowering deciduous variant of Clematis koreana has single, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, the outside of the sepal being deep-purple, opening out to reveal silvery cream margins. A truly stunning cultivar that deserves to be in every garden and it additionally has attractive seed heads later. With their main flowering period being in the spring with a second flush later in the summer, Clematis koreana cultivars have larger flowers than Clematis alpina, and share the ability to withstand harsh exposed positions in the garden. ... Learn More

A native of Portugal and Western Spain, this lovely climber has the most dainty little nodding, bell-shaped flowers with reflexed white petals, flushed on the reverse with pale blue or violet, and which are very freely produced from summer into autumn. An easy-to-grow beauty. ... Learn More

Four large delicately crimped petals, in a shade of pale creamy yellow (the word cirrhosa means 'yellowish'), open in the winter, with their feathery tops surrounded by many stamens. This beautiful clematis loves to scramble up and into hedges and bushes in the Mediterranean regions from Portugal and Morocco to Asia Minor and further on to the Himalayas and because of its winter blooming in mild areas it deserves to be better known. ... Learn More

This fairly vigorous Japanese climber bears from spring to early autumn intriguing urn-shaped flowers, the four fleshy petals staying almost closed, and covered on the outside with brown hairs, resembling a bunch of baby rabbits clustered together! It will quickly cover any unsightly fence or shrub or can even do well in a large pot. ... Learn More

A seldom-seen species clematis with vigorous climbing stems carrying pendent purple or blue-purple, urn-shaped flowers with distinctive white lips. It is native to Korea and the region of the Amur River which forms the boundary between China and Russia. ... Learn More

A close relative of Clematis tangutica, this relatively new and quite rare flower differs as its sepals are considerably more greenish-yellow rather than lemon-yellow, and are densely pubescent inside and glabrous outside rather than the other way round as with C. tangutica! ... Learn More

Masses of small white, star-shaped flowers open with a sweet perfume that some people liken to aniseed. Plant this gem in a sunny position to enhance and savour the scent. This quite rare and herbaceous species, closely related to C. recta, is non-clinging for the first metre or so, but then the leaf stalks begin grasping for nearby support. ... Learn More