Purple Clematis in Our Garden
We got another flower in our garden. I finally bought a clematis last summer. I hope that this will come back again next year. I read that it is a perennial plant, we will see if it will grow agin after winter time.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Clematis
Clematis is a genus of climbing vines with showy flowers. They are popular among gardeners, and over 200 species are known with more cultivars being produced constantly. Most species are known as clematis in English, while some are also known as traveller’s joy, old man’s beard, leather flower, vase vine and virgin’s bower, the last three being names used for North American species.
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October 9th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Nice flower too.. never seen this one before..
Thanks for sharing!