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
Late Large-flowered clematis are deciduous climbers with large, star-shaped flowers to 15cm wide, opening on the current year's growth in summer and autumn
'Prince Charles' is a small to medium-sized deciduous climber. A profusion of single, semi-nodding violet-blue flowers to 10cm across, have a satin sheen and greenish yellow stamens, in early summer to early autumn