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Can anyone know or recognise the identity of this plant.

hi everyone, my sister has this plant growing in her garden, it looks like a clematis, but she says it doesn't have tendrils or anything to make it climb like a clematis does.

My sister has placed the stems around the plastic panel to avoid it sprawling on the ground which it would do if left alone.

It came from a bargain stand in the garden centre and had lost its label. It's a lovely plant but most curious , hope you can help her to identify and care for it. Thanks 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    There are lots of non-climbing clematis

    no idea which that one is



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • homebirdhomebird Posts: 110

    It is a Clematis. They don't have 'tendrils' the new shoots wind themselves around nearby stems or have to be tied to supports. It's a lovely healthy. Plant. 

  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150

    It defiantly looks like a clematis to me too passionate. They don't have tendrils to climb, (like a sweet pea would) the leaf stems curl around the trellis for support. If she feels it needs a little help until it gets a hold you could tie the main stem onto the plastic using a soft garden twine loosely fastened.

    Hopefully someone clever with clematis can ID the variety for you so you know best to prune it.

  • PassionatePassionate Posts: 225

    Hi, nutcutlet, home bird and kitty2 thankyou for your quick responses , I do appreciate what you have said and I will pass it on to her.

    i do hope someone can identify the type and as you say then she can find out how to care for it.

    cheers people ?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    If you have the time and inclination, have a browse through the clematis on this site, you may well be able to track it down.
    http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/

    It looks a bit like Elsa Spath
    http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/clematis-elsa-spath.html

    Last edited: 17 June 2016 12:27:37


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Arabella

  • You can get a herbaceous clematis that doesn't climb, Arabella being one of them has Richard suggested.

    Have a look on Alan Tichmarches site.

  • PassionatePassionate Posts: 225

    Thankyou, Chrissy, Richard and Pete, I very much appreciate your input I will pass it onto my sister, she will be overjoyed.

    ive just looked up the information about an Arabella and that is the one.

    many thanks to you all ?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    As has been said above, clematis don't have tendrils to climb, they twist themselves around things to get a grip.

    But they don't 'have' to climb - one of the most spectacular clematis I saw yrs ago was tumbling over a high wall on a steep hill, it looked amazing


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • PassionatePassionate Posts: 225

    Thanks Pete8 , that's very interesting and most unusual to think of a clematis tumbling rather than climbing.

    thankyou

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