Scientific Name: Clematis 'Nelly Moser'
Common Name: Nelly Moser clematis
Family Name: Ranunculaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Vine - deciduous
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Climbing
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Pink, May-Jun
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Achene, Silver, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, trifoliate, leaflets ovate, 7-9cm long x 3-5cm wide, some petioles are tendrils; flowers up to 20cm wide, 8 white and pink-purple petal-like sepals. Winter ID: tendrils, part of petiole often stays attached, pubescent twigs and buds, buds opposite, ovoid, 1-3mm long on horizontally ridged nodes.