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Sumptuous lantern-shaped flowers of deepest purple are very abundant and followed by attractive silvery seed-heads. This is a very regal looking plant in the garden and one of Peter's favourites.

Mid yellow to golden lantern shaped blooms are produced in huge abundance across this popular species of clematis. The height and vigour of the plant are what make it so popular including the fact it thrives without much care or attention. Give it space to grow and do not try to contain it in a small area.

Dainty bell shaped flowers of white have a pale sky-blue at the 'crown' of the flower and the tepals gently twist towards the ends. In sunny conditions flowers become fully white.

clematis 'Valour' is an exceptional viticella that produces beautiful pinky-lilac 'katherine-wheel' shaped flowers in great abundance. They have pretty contrasting pale yellow stamens which provide a striking centre piece.
Exhibited first by Thorncroft Clematis at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018.

The eye-catching flowers have broad deep purple margins that merge towards a white bar which has rosy-purple veins running through it. A lovely crown of stamens further enhance the striking effect of these blooms.
'Recommended' by a Popular Garden Magazine Dec 2020.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

The semi-nodding deep purply-red flowers have a creamy-white centre and contrasting purply-red anthers. When I first saw this in full bloom it was in a garden in Sweden and when in full flower it makes a breathtaking sight.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

clematis Wesselton has light to mid blue, semi-double, nodding, bell-shaped flowers which are larger than those of C. macropetala species. Named after a village in Suffolk.
'Recommended' by a Popular Garden Magazine Dec 2020.

Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

The single white nodding bell-shaped flowers have a tissue-paper like texture. Awarded the RHS Award of Garden MeritCultivation Advice.This includes

This charming little clematis has pale to light mauvy-pink, single, nodding bell-shaped flowers that have a deeper pink flush at the base of the tepals. Very pretty and also very hardy.
Also commonly known as clematis alpina 'Willy'.

The vibrant pinkish-red semi-nodding flowers have a dark centre, are very pretty and produced in huge abundance from mid to late summer. A striking climber for any arch or arbor and a great companion plant too.

The gorgeous rich indigo blue flowers are semi-nodding and have contrasting pale yellow anthers. clematis Durandii is a classic scrambling clematis to enhance any shrub or border.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

Fallopia baldschuanica is a fast growing Russian vine with tiny pale pink tinted white flowers which are produced in large panicles and bloom for most of the summer.
Want something covered fast? This is your plant!!

Dentata' is a very vigorous, self-clinging evergreen climber with drooping ovate rich green leaves to 25cm in length, sometimes slightly

An impressive ivy, hedera colchica Dentata Variegata, is an evergreen climber with large, bright green and cream variegated leaves. A great

This evergreen ivy comes into it's own during autumn and winter when the glossy leaves turn very dark purple. The leaf is finer and more intricate than other hedera making it more interesting to have near a seating area or somewhere you might be able to study it in early morning light. It is also ideal for adding some winter interest to your garden.

'Clotted Cream' is a shrubby climber up to 1m high with five-lobed leaves, 5-6 cm across, which are dark green and pale grey-green variegated with cream; the young leaves emerge fairly flat in spring, but then become more waved with strongly frilled margins.

hedera helix Goldchild is a small to medium-sized evergreen climber with light green young leaves that have broad with bright yellow margins. The older leaves are grey-green with pale yellow margins. Ideal for ground cover.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

This extremely decorative, self-clinging evergreen climber, Hedera helix Goldheart, produces dark green leaves with generous splashes of gold over the centre. This ivy is excellent for growing over walls, fences and unsightly areas that need disguising or hiding.

This evergreen ivy has a finely cut deep green leaf that provides wonderful year round coverage. A strong climber it can be used to cover fences and walls, or if required can make a superb ground cover as well.

Hedera helix Needlepoint is a very pretty little ivy with a luxuriant glossy leaf with five points, the centre one of which, is particularly long and gives the plant its distinctive appearance and name.

A very vigorous honeysuckle, this deciduous or semi-evergreen climber produces clusters of creamy white flowers, frequently flushed red in summer and autumn.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit

Semi-Evergreen Honeysuckle. Glossy slender green foliage is a wonderful background to the clusters of red & yellow tubular scented flowers in summer. For best results choose a good sunny position against a wall, fence or archway. Black fruits are often produced in late summer/autumn.

This semi-evergreen climber gets its name from the dark copper coloured young leaves that it produces in abundance. The plant produces a mass of scented yellow flowers through the summer months and benefits from a free draining soil condition. Superbe to grow in combination with any variety of clematis montana which has a white flower.

Variegated Japanese Honeysuckle. This semi-evergreen honeysuckle has very striking green foliage with a yellow vein running through, which in mid summer provides the backdrop to plentiful white fragrant flowers. When these have been pollinated the white flowers turn yellow.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit