This climber is definitely under grown. So many people require a neat evergreen climber that flowers, is fragrant, and doesn’t have vicious thorns of a Pyracantha. It can be kept in trim easily and is the perfect answer for the tidy gardener who likes a plant to know its place and stick to it. The flowers come in very early spring, smelling slightly of honey. In the autumn the foliage can take on a reddish tinge, the new growth is yellowish green but always has a lustrous sheen.
This intriguing little clematis will scramble through a shrub to a height of about 6 or 8 foot. It's fleshy pitcher-shaped flowers are an unusual dusky colour. It requires no special attentions and seems to prefer to be pruned hard in the spring.
Flowering here every June this deciduous shrub grows against a sunny east wall and seems perfectly hardy. If it flowers for many weeks!
