| Scientific Name: | Clematis spp. |
| Common Name: | clematis |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Climbing, Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Ground cover, Perennial border, Screening, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Odd-pinnate, Bipinnate, Lanceolate, Oblong, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Silver, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mostly 3-lobed or compound and often with irregularly serrate margins, petiole tendrils; fruit is a ball of achenes with long hairs. Winter ID: part of petiole often stays attached, buds opposite, ovoid, 1-3mm long on horizontally ridged nodes. | |