Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Shrubs and Vines
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Clematis texensis
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
Hardy vine to 9′. Scarlet Leatherflower. Southwest US. Urn-shaped flowers consist of four, thick, leather-like, rose-red to scarlet coloured tepals that recurve at the tip to reveal a paler interior. Flowers are borne only on new growth and are held atop purple pedicels in axillary clusters of one to seven. The delicate foliage is a glaucous green and the ovate to rounded leaves with wavy margins enhance the charm of the flowers. A mass of feathery balls of plumed achenes follows the floral display. At Stonecrop ours grows in a crevice on the Rock Ledge. This is a very hardy and relatively drought tolerant Clematis. A long bloomer from mid-summer through fall. 3 & 7 for 8 weeks, then T2
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