Vines
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Aristolochia durior syn. A. macrophylla, A sipho Dutchman’s pipe, Birthwort Z 4-8
Yellow, mottled brown flowers like Meerschaum pipes in May – June, mostly grown for heart-shaped leaves on this vigorous climber (climbs by twining). Perfect for creating a screen on pergolas, arbors and fences.
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Yellow, mottled brown flowers like Meerschaum pipes in May – June, mostly grown for heart-shaped leaves on this vigorous climber (climbs by twining). Perfect for creating a screen on pergolas, arbors and fences.
Size: 20-30’ x 2’ at ground, 20’ on top.
Care: sun to shade (one of few vines for shade) in moist well-drained to moist soil. Prune to encourage branching.
Native: Maine to Georgia, west to KS.
Wildlife Value: host Pipevine swallowtail butterflyAristolochia is Greek for easing childbirth. Cherokee applied decoction of root for swollen legs & feet. Collected by Colonial nurseryman John Bartram and sent to England in 1763. Sold in America’s 1st plant catalog, Bartram’s Broadside, 1783. In Colonial and Victorian gardens, popular vine to create privacy and shade
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Campsis radicans Trumpet vine Z 5-9
Huge, gorgeous orange trumpets on vigorous vine
Mid summer into autumn – huge, gorgeous orange trumpets on vigorous vine
Size: 30’ x 3’ at base
Care: sun moist well-drained soil
Native: PA to IL & south as far as Florida
Wildlife Value: Hummingbird magnet.In garden cultivation in America since 1600’s. Collected in 1640’s by English gardener Tradescant the Younger. John Bartram grew it in his Philadelphia nursery nearly 300 years ago. Campsis is derived from the Greek word kampsis referring to the flower’s curved stamens. Radicans from radicant meaning “having rooted stems.” The bloom is “a most splendid sight,” according to Breck in 1851. Per Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1912: “The native trumpet creeper is very common in the southern woodlands and fields (with) a great variety in brilliancy of the blossoms. This is an excellent plant for covering the bare trunks of palmettos.” Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Clematis ‘Ernest Markham’ Z 4-10
Big, bright magenta blooms June & repeat August – September, vigorous.
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Big, bright magenta blooms June & repeat August – September, vigorous.
Size: 10-12’ x 2-3'
Care: Sun to part shade. Blooms on both old & new stems so cut back in early spring above healthy, big buds about 1' above ground.
Awards: Rated good by Chicago Botanical Garden Clematis evaluation.Hybrid c. 1930 by Ernest Markham (1881-1937) of England, head gardener at Gravetye Manor, home of William Robinson, father of mixed perennial borders.
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Clematis integrifolia Z 3-7
Summer, real true blue and sometimes white, pendant flowers measuring 2" across on this short, non-vining Clematis
Summer, beautiful true blue and sometimes white, pendant flowers measuring 2” across on this short, non-vining Clematis
Size: 24" x 24"
Care: Sun to part shade in humusy, well-drained soil. Prune to near ground in early spring.
Native: Central EuropeThe genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from “klema” meaning climbing plant. Sixteenth century English herbalist John Gerard called Clematis “traveler’s joy” because of the joy given to travelers by the beauty of the flowers. This species collected in Hungary by 1573. English herbalist Gerard grew this plant by the late 1590’s.
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Clematis stans Japanese clematis Z 4-8
soulful blue starry nodding bells
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Fragrant, smelling of sweet violets, soulful blue starry nodding bells with petals that flip up at the ends (recurved) Blooms August – September. Ships only in spring
Size: 30" x 24"
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: JapanStans means “upright” as this is a bush, rather than a vine. (OK, we’ve put this in the vine category and it’s not a vine. But most people think of Clematis as vines and we didn’t want you to miss it.) In Japan called “Kusa-botan.” Collected by Ernest Henry ‘Chinese’ Wilson before 1910.
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Clematis tangutica Russian virgin bower Z 4-9
Small yellow flowers bloom for months
Small yellow flowers bloom for months, from July to September, then turn into ornamental spidery seed heads.
Size: 15-20’ x 6-10’
Care: Sun - part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil. Prune close to the ground in spring.
Native: NW China and TurkestanThe genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from klema meaning “climbing plant.” Sixteenth century English herbalist John Gerard called Clematis “traveler’s joy” because of the joy given to travelers by the beauty of the flowers. This species, C. tangutica introduced to western cultivation in 1898 when it was sent to Kew Gardens from St. Petersburg, Russia, after its discovery in Tibet.
**LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.
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Clematis ternifolia Sweet Autumn clematis Z 4-8
Fragrant, small white blossoms smother this vigorous vine
Fragrant, small white blossoms smother this vigorous vine in September and October.
Can not ship to: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Size: 15-20’ x 6-10’
Care: Sun moist well-drained soil mulched. Flowers on current year’s wood. Cut back in early spring to 6-8” above the soil.
Native: JapanThe genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from “klema” meaning climbing plant. In 1877 seeds of this vine sent from Russia to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, then distributed to nurseries throughout America.
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Clematis texensis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ Z 5-9
Small crimson-red bells dangle from July to September
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Small crimson-red bells dangle from July to September
Size: 8’ x 3’
Care: Full sun in humusy, fertile, moist well-drained soil. Mulch around the base. Flowers on current year’s stems so cut back to 6-8” in late winter or early spring.The genus Clematis was named by Dioscordes, physician in Nero’s army, from klema meaning “climbing plant.” The species 1st collected by the “Father of Texas Botany” Ferdinand Lindheimer in 1830’s. Max Leichtlin of the Baden Botanic Garden sent C. texensis to Kew Botanic Garden in London in 1880. French nurseryman Francisque Morel sent this selection to William Robinson. Robinson named it for his English nursery at Gravetye Manor in 1914
