There are so many clematis that it didn’t seem fair to leave you with just the few cultivars that we talked about in “Clematis” in Garden Gate magazine. So I put a list together of some more of my favorite clematis cultivars and species.
In the article, I grouped them by their pruning group, so that’s how I’ll divide them here.
Group A
| Group A clematis |
| Name |
Zones |
Heigh |
Comments |
| ‘Blue Bird’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
2-in., semidouble, bell-shaped flowers of blue-mauve; Mid- to late spring with a few more flowers in late summer |
| ‘Bowl of Beauty’ |
7 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
20 ft. |
2-in., white flowers early to midspring; armandii cultivar |
| ‘Clematis armandii ‘ |
7 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
20 ft. |
Single, fragrant, 2-in., white flowers; evergreen foliage |
| ‘Clematis occidentalis ‘ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
6 ft. |
Blue to violet, nodding, 1 1/2-in. flowers; late spring to early summer
|
| ‘Continuity’ |
8 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
7 ft. |
Tall, 2-in., single, pale-pink flowers; early to late summer |
| ‘Fragrant Spring’ |
7 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
20 to 30 ft. |
Saucer-shaped; fragrant; light pink-mauve flowers mid- to late spring; bronze foliage |
| ‘G. Steffner’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
Two-tone flowers of violet petals with cream centers; 4-in., nodding flowers; early to late spring |
| ‘Gothenburg’ |
7 to 9 /9 to 1 |
20 ft. |
Montana cultivar; single, creamy pink, 2-in. flowers late spring to early summer; dark-green leaves with a silver streak down the center |
| ‘White Moth’ |
3 to 9 /9 to 1 |
6 ft. |
1-in., nodding, white flowers early to midspring |
| ‘Willy’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
Single, nodding, pale-pink flowers; mid- to late spring; sometimes a few blooms in late summer |
Group B
‘Mrs. Cholmondeley’
‘Niobe’
‘Ramona’ and ‘General Sikorski’
‘Marie Boisselot’
| Group B clematis |
| Name |
Zones |
Height |
Comments |
| ‘Barbara Jackman’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
5-in., blue-mauve with a crimson stripe; late spring to early summer |
| ‘Beauty of Worcester’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
Red-purple, double and semidouble flowers up to 6 in. across; late spring, reblooms in early summer with single flowers |
| ‘Carnaby’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
7-in., single, raspberry-pink flowers with a dark-pink stripe; late spring to late summer |
| ‘Chalcedony’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
6-in., ice-blue, double flowers late spring to early summer; reblooms with double flowers in late summer |
| ‘Charissima’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
6- to 8-in., cerise-pink flowers; late spring to early summer and reblooms in late summer |
| ‘Countess of Lovelace’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
7-in., blue-mauve flowers; double flowers late spring to early summer; reblooms with single flowers early autumn |
| ‘Daniel Deronda’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
8-in. flowers; dark-blue-purple; sometimes semidouble; flowers late spring to late summer |
| ‘General Sikorski’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
6-in., single flowers of purple-blue with a red tint; summer to early autumn; AKA ‘Judwiga Teresa’ |
| Josephine ? |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
5-in., double flowers; shades of pink with green highlights; double flowers early summer into early autumn |
| ‘Kiri Te Kanawa’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
6-in., deep-purple-blue, double flowers late spring to early summer; reblooms with double but smaller flowers |
| ‘Marie Boisselot’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
7-in., single, creamy white flowers; summer to early autumn |
| ‘Mrs. Cholmondeley’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
7-in., pale-blue-mauve flowers; late spring to summer |
| ‘Niobe’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8ft. |
6-in., wine-red-flowers; late spring to early autumn |
| ‘Ramona’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
6-in., single lavender-blue; early to late summer; AKA ‘Hybrida Sieboldii’ |
| ‘Will Goodwin’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
6-in., single, lavender-blue flowers; early summer to early autumn |
Group C
‘Ernest Markham’
‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’
‘Polish Spirit’
‘Jackmanii’
| Group C clematis |
| Name |
Zones |
Height |
Comments |
| ‘Alba Luxurians’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
3-in., single, white flowers; midsummer to early autumn |
| ‘Beauty of Richmond’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
7-in., pale-lavender-blue flowers early to midsummer |
| ‘Betty Corning’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
2-in., nodding bells of pale-blue-pink; early summer to early autumn; light fragrance |
| ‘Bill MacKenzie’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
20 ft. |
2 1/2-in., bright-yellow bells; early to late summer |
| ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
6-in., single, pink flowers; early to late summer |
| ‘Ernest Markham’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
Rich-red, single, 6-in. flowers; early to late summer; can also be pruned as a group B |
| ‘Etoile Violette’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
13 ft. |
3-in., purple flowers; mid- to late summer |
| ‘Golden Harvest’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
Tangutica cultivar with deep-yellow, 4-petaled flowers; mid- to late summer |
| ‘Hagley Hybrid’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
6-in., shell-pink flowers; early summer to autumn |
| ‘Huldine’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
14 ft. |
3- to 4-in., pearly white flowers midsummer into fall |
| ‘Jackmanii’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
4-in., single, dark-velvet-purple flowers; early to late summer |
| ‘Jan Pawel II’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
Creamy white to pink, 5-in. flowers; mid- to late summer |
| ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
13 ft. |
4-in., rich, claret-red, single flowers; mid- to late summer |
| ‘Polish Spirit’ |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
10 ft. |
3 1/2-in., single, dark-purple flowers; midsummer to early autumn |
| ‘Rouge Cardinal’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
8 ft. |
5-in., rich, velvety red flowers; early to late summer |
| ‘Ville de Lyon’ |
4 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
12 ft. |
6-in., single, cherry red flowers with pink veins; early to late summer |
Where to Get Clematis
Busse Gardens
17160 245th Ave.
Big Lake, MN 55309
800-544-3192
http://www.bussegardens.com
Completely Clematis Specialty Nursery
217 Argilla Road
Ipswich, MA 01938-2617
978-356-3197
http://www.clematisnursery.com
Joy Creek Nursery
20300 N.W. Watson Road
Scappoose, OR 97056
503-543-7474
http://www.joycreek.com
White Flower Farm
P.O. Box 50
Litchfield, CT 06759-0050
800-503-9624
http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com 
