| Scientific Name: | Clematis montana |
| Common Name: | anemone clematis |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis, Attract butterflies, Screening |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Obovate, Ovate, Incised, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Brown, Silver, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, trifoliate; leaflets ovate, most 5-10cm long x 2-5cm wide, pubescent, margin deeply serrate, green with purple tinge near petiole, petiole tendrils; flowers solitary, 4 or 5 petal-like sepals, white-pink-purple, prominent styles and stamens; aggregate of swirled feathery achenes. Winter ID: stems purple; some tendrils stay attached; buds opposite, ovoid, pointed, hooked. | |