HERBACEOUS CLEMATIS
Trends, f lowers and colours may divide our tastes in the gardening community but very few plants have the universal admiration and enduring popularity of the much-loved clematis. The plants have such wide-ranging appeal, originating from a broad and diverse group of nearly 300 species. The genus Clematis has been planted and cultivated in English gardens since the 16th century and belongs to the Ranunculaceae or the buttercup family, alongside border stalwarts such as delphiniums, anemones and thalictrums.
Every family has its divas and if we put the large-f lowered – and, dare I say, temperamental – attention-seekers to one side for a moment, I would like to explore the easier-to-grow, generously f lowering and
