We grow a lot of clematis here at Lambley and it’s hard to imagine the garden without them. They are deeply frost hardy, with much interesting breeding work done in Central and Northern Europe. Don’t be tempted in the summer when you see Clematis flowering in the big hardware stores as they really are best planted from now in their dormancy. They aren’t difficult to grow once the cultural differences of each type are understood. Mind you, all need a good depth of soil to be happy and a good dusting of lime helps if like us your soil is acid. Clematis prefer a sunny or lightly shaded spot in the garden and are not bothered by frosts in the least. Most varieties need some extra summer irrigation. Our Clematis are very competitively priced and available only while stocks last.
‘Arabella’ is a nonclimbing, scrambling clematis which will produce its deep mauve blue ageing to pale blue 3.5cm wide flowers from late spring until autumn. Read more about Clematis ‘Arabella’
This vigorous grower produces nodding cream bell-like flowers with claret inside approximately 4-5cm in diameter. A vigorous vine growing to 6mt in size. Flowers from late winter to spring. Pruning group 1. Evergreen and a climber. Read more about Clematis cirrhosa ‘Lansdowne Gem’
‘Cassis’ is a superb new variety that produces fully double mauve-purple flowers for an exceptionally long period from late November until April. It is moderately vigorous in growth at 2 to 3 metres tall. Read more about Clematis florida ‘Cassis’
Exquisite ivory flowers with contrasting violet centres makes this one of the most beautiful of all Clematis. It will bloom from late November until April on a moderately vigorous 2-3 metres vines. Read more about Clematis florida ‘Sieboldii’
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This was bred by the late Kazushige Ozawa to be picked as a single flower for the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. As well as being a terrific cut flower it makes a great garden plant. Read more about Clematis integrifolia ‘Rooguchi’
One of the best of the montana group Clematis ‘Elizabeth’ is an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. “Slightly scented pale pink flowers with a satin sheen to 6cm in width have pale yellow stamens.” It grows into a vigorous vine and flowers mid spring here at Lambley. Read more about Clematis montana ‘Elizabeth’
This Clematis has won an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It carries a breathtaking show of fragrant, light pink flowers, each petal having a paler edge. Read more about Clematis montana ‘Mayleen’
‘Petit Faucon’ is a nonclimbing, scrambling clematis with violet-purple nodding or outward facing flowers from late spring until autumn. The stamens have rosy purple filaments and golden yellow anthers. Read more about Clematis ‘Petit Faucon (TM) ’
We’ve had this growing on a fence for some years now and appreciate it more and more. It produces its deep rich lemon waxy flowers from early summer until autumn. Each flower gives way to a showy silver haired seed heads. Read more about Clematis tangutica ‘Golden Tiara’
Small 5 cm red floweres with a boss of pale pink staminodes are produced on a vigorous free flowering vine to 2.5 - 3.0 metres. Flowers early summer into autumn.
‘Alice Fisk’ has extra large wisteria blue wavy edged flowers. It's early into bloom as it first flowers on old season’s growth from mid-spring until early summer. If cut back hard after the first blooming is over it will reflower again during late summer and autumn. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Alice Fisk’
‘Barbara Harrington’ carries medium to large reddish purple flowers about 12cm wide with yellow centres and white filaments. Blooming from late spring into autumn on a 3 metres tall vine. Pruning group 3 (hard prune) Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Barbara Harrington’
‘Belle Nanataise’ has large, 13-15cm, pale lavender-blue flowers with a whitish bar and white or creamy stamens. It flowers during November and December and if lightly pruned in early January it will repeat bloom during late summer and autumn. The vine will grow 3-4 metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Belle Nantaise’
‘Blue Angel’ has medium to large (12-15cm) pale mauve blue flowers, with a paler bar, and ruffled edges to the petals. During evening light the flowers have a pink cast. The filaments are creamy white and the anthers are yellow. The vine will grow 3-4 metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Blue Angel’
An exceptional clematis uniquely coloured lavender striped rich pink. Quite vigorous, growing some 2.5-3 metres, it prefers to be given a light trim during winter and not cut down to hard.
‘Charissima’ has exceptionally large cerise-pink flowers with a deeper pink bar and veins. The blooms are 15-20cm in diameter and have wavy margins. This clematis prefers to be given a light trim during winter and not cut down too hard. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Charissima’
‘Daniel Deronda’ has very large violet-blue flowers with a paler blue central bar. Creamy anthers make a delicious contrast. Early flowers may be semi-double. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Daniel Deronda’
The large pale mauve-blue flowers edged in deeper mauve and have cream anthers. Blooms are freely produced from December until April on a vigorous plant which can in the right spot grow 4 metres into a tree although generally it will only make 2-3 metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Dominika’
The shell pink flowers have contrasting chocolate anthers. As the flowers have a tendency to fade during hot weather ‘Hagley hybrid’ is best planted where it gets some shade from the afternoon sun. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Hagley Hybrid’
Beautiful white flowers are displayed in abundance amongst the dark green leaves on this vigorous climber. Great for planting with climbing roses or through medium sized trees and shrubs.
‘John Paul’ is a delicious hybrid from the Polish monk and clematis breeder, Brother Stefan Francsak. The large flowers open blush pink with a deeper pink bar through the middle of each petal. As it ages the flower fades to a soft creamy blush. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘John Paul II’
‘Kathleen Dunford’ has large 12-15cm semi-double, soft mauve flowers during spring and early summer. During late summer and autumn single flowers are produced on new growth. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Kathleen Dunford’
Rated one of the best deep mauve blue flowered clematis with huge well shaped flowers. Easy and vigorous in growth flowering in late spring and early summer and if cut back hard to 30cm it will repeat in autumn. Cut back in winter too. 300cm x200cm Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Ken Donson’
Kiri te Kanawa has deep purplish blue, double flowers approximately 12.5-15cm in diameter produced on a moderate sized vine growing to 1.8-2.4mt in size. Flowers generously from spring through autumn. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Kiri te Kanawa’
Depending on light intensity ‘Louise Rowe’ will have pale mauve, pink-mauve or grey mauve satiny flowers. The blooms are fully double at the start of the season and are followed by semi-double and then single flowers. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Louise Rowe’
This variety has very large soft lilac-pink flowers during summer. ‘Madame Baron Veillard’ was raised by Baron Veillard at his nursery in Orleans in 1885. It is an exceptionally vigorous grower making 4-5 metres by 2 metres and needs to be pruned hard during winter. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Madame Baron Veillard’
‘Minister’ has large, 15-20cm, mauve-violet flowers suffused purple which are semi-double or double during spring and early summer and single later during late summer and autumn. The filaments are cream with reddish purple anthers. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Minister’
‘Multi Blue’ has deep blue flowers with a startling double silver blue anemone centre. Quite vigorous for a double variety it will flowers for two months from late spring and then if cut back to 30cm will bloom again during late summer and autumn. 200cm by 150cm.
‘Kakio’ has medium to large pink flowers with a paler central bar and creamy yellow stamens. It flowers during November and December and if lightly pruned in early January it will repeat bloom during late summer and autumn. The moderately vigorous vine will grow 2-3metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Kakio’
‘Rebecca’ has very large, 15-20cm, rich flowers with cream stamens. It flowers during November and December and if lightly pruned in early January it will repeat bloom during late summer and autumn. The moderately vigorous vine will grow 2-3metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Rebecca’
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‘Superba’ has 12cm, dark violet-purple flowers with contrasting creamy white stamens. It flowers during November and December and if lightly pruned in early January it will repeat bloom during late summer and autumn. The moderately vigorous vine will grow 2-3metres. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Superba’
An early flowering, compact growing Clematis with large handsome rich blue-purple flowers some 15cm across. The flowers are produced in November and December and if the plant is cut back hard after the first flush is over it will flower again in February and March. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘The President’
“Large, flat or flattish bright purple flowers with a lustrous bar flushed red, especially towards the base, tepals becoming paler with age. Filaments mainly white, red-purple towards top, with violet=purple connectives; anthers white’. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Vancouver Starry Nights’
Delightful reddish, mauve flowers approximately 14-16cm in diameter produced on a vigorous vine growing to 3-3.6mt in size. Flowers late spring to autumn. A deciduous climber.
The intense purple-red flowers, 12-15cm across, are carried on 2.5 -3 metre vines from December until the end of March. As ‘Voluceau’ flowers on the current year’s growth cut down to 15-30cm during winter. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Voluceau’
Outstanding, large velvet purple-red flowers 16-20cm across with contrasting cream stamens are profusely produced from late spring/early summer into the autumn. Reputed to tolerate more shade than most it is a moderate grower with the vines reaching 1.8-200cm. Read more about Clematis x jackmanii ‘Warsaw Nike’
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This Clematis has won an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It carries a breathtaking show of fragrant, light pink flowers, each petal having a paler edge. Read more about Clematis montana ‘Mayleen’
One of the most beautiful of all the silvers, ‘Colchester White’ quickly makes an evergreen shrubby plant dressed in large, deeply cut silver leaves. Attractive amethyst-purple cornflowers are produced during late spring and early summer. Read more about Centaurea gymnocarpa ‘Colchester White’
A dwarf ground covering, frost hardy deciduous perennial with large (for the genus) gentian blue flowers from spring until autumn. The oval green leaves turn flaming scarlet and crimson in late autumn and winter. Sun or light shade. Read more about Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Cistus are amongst the toughest of all evergreen shrubs. I’ve seen ‘Alan Fradd’ thriving in a planting alongside a freeway leading into Melbourne where the only water it gets falls from the sky. Read more about Cistus x purpureus ‘Alan Fradd’
This very drought tolerant evergreen shrub makes a 120cm wide evergreen mat clothed in small sage like leaves which during late spring is graced by hundreds of white, golden centred, flowers like a small single rose. Read more about Cistus salvifolia ‘Prostratus’
Golden Twig Dogwood is grown of its bright glossy yellow-green winter stems. A suckering deciduous shrub it is best planted where the winter sun can catch it. Not particular to soils it will grow happily in quite boggy conditions. Read more about Cornus sericea ‘Flaviramea’
Corydalis reflexa was so rare that the gardens had it under lock and key in a no go area when I visited the Edinburgh Botanical gardens 40 years ago. I was one of the first Australians to see a blue Corydalis. I was fortunate enough to be allowed into this area and was to browse through an extraordinary collection of the rarest of the rare alpine plants. Since then blue corydalis have become more readily available but remains rare and tricky to find in this country. Read more about Crested Lark
This is one of the best forms of Italian Pencil Pine. It is very narrow in growth and very fast growing. Plants in our new Mediterranean garden have grown 2.5 metres tall in three years and they are already making a strong architectural statement. Read more about Cupressus sempervirens ‘Glauca’
Lambley raised this grand variety about twenty years ago from seed collected from a tree growing in nearby Learmonth. The Learmonth tree is on the National Register of Significant Trees. Read more about Cupressus sempervirens ‘Lambley Steeple’
