Clematis – Virgin’s Bower (quart pot)

Description

Virgin’s Bower is a North American native clematis.

Perennial vine, prefers partial sun, moist to mesic conditions and loam soil. One can often find Virgin’s Bower in moist thickets, woodlands, moist meadows, floodplains, and riverbanks.

Abundant clusters of small White flowers. There is much variation in the flowers; a single plant can either produce all staminate flowers (male), all pistillate flowers (female), or all perfect flowers (both male and female reproductive parts). Flowers bloom mid-late summer and last about a month.

Halictid bees, wasps, and various flies all make good use of Virgin’s Bower. It is toxic to mammals, however, the foliage is often used as nesting habitat for many songbirds.

When in flower, Virgin’s Bower can look very similar to Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora or Clematis paniculata,). But it is not nearly as aggressive as its Asian look-alike. The fragrance and the leaves set the two vines apart: Virgin’s Bower leaves are jagged on the edges whereas Sweet Autumn Clematis has rounded leaves.

All of our plants and seedlings are grown organically and are timed size-wise and transplanted for optional growth and production.