Clematis can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or herbaceous perennials, mostly climbing by twining leaf-stalks, and often with showy flowers. Some have attractive fluffy seed-heads in autumn
Viticella Group are deciduous climbing shrubs with usually pinnate leaves, and nodding, single to double, open-bell-shaped flowers of small to medium-size, produced on the current year's growth in summer and early autumn
'Madame Julia Correvon' is a large deciduous climber with mid to dark green leaves composed of 5 leaflets. Distinctive flowers to 12cm in width have 4-6 deeply veined rich claret-red sepals and contrasting creamy-yellow stamens. Flowers from midsummer to late summer