Clematis – Two Ways

Posted on August 7, 2024 by

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I’ve shared many pictures of Clematis Montana, a faithful, pink, prolific climber, that lights up my garden every year in May.

But rising above the fray, here and there, is another clematis with large white blossoms few and far between. It stays put year after year and the blossoms face heavenward, too high for me to easily photograph so I rarely do. You’ll see it poking its head above its pink cousin below.

I don’t know why it doesn’t perform like Montana, but I do know I like it most when the blossoms are gone, and it goes to seed; then, its unique beauty shines.

So there you have it: clematis, two ways.

~ Susanne

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22 Comments on “Clematis – Two Ways”

  4. Your clematis vines are lovely! I always enjoy their unique seed heads! 🌺

  7. Susanne I have 2 of them trying to climb across my pergola! I was wondering what the fuzzy things stuck in the screen door were. At first I thought they were the antennae of an unfortunate moth! Now I know! Of course pruning is on the agenda for this next week!!! I’m afraid the weight will damage the deck! Yours look beautiful – I don’t know if mine are pink or white – guess I’ll have to wait until next year to find out!! (the joy if discovering what’s in the new garden)!

    • Yes indeed! My Montana is a real climber, the unnamed white one is happy to stay put. I have never pruned them as they have the support they need, but yours may need it for the sake of your pergola and deck. It will be fun to see what color they are; and aren’t those seed heads fun? 🙂

  8. Those seed heads are amazing! It’s one of the joys of clematis that it looks as good after the flowers die as it did while flowering 🙂

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