Clematis Tie Dye

The Clematis 'Tie Dye' is a recent and very surprising variety with large flowers. Its colours are unusual and very cheerful, blue-violet striped and irregularly splashed with white. The centre is adorned with red anthers. This flowering is unique in the world of clematis. It is a floriferous and vigorous plant, as easy to grow and use as the species 'Jackmanii' of which it is a natural mutation. It climbs anywhere and adapts well to container gardening.

Clematis belong to the ranunculaceae family. They are found in both hemispheres, notably in Europe, the Himalayas, China, Australia, North and Central America. The 'Tie Dye' variety is a semi-woody and climbing perennial plant that will reach a height of 3 to 4m (10 to 13ft), with a minimum spread of 1m (3ft).

This clematis bears large star-shaped flowers, 7 to 10 cm (3 to 4in) in diameter, appearing on the current year's shoots from June to the end of summer, in successive waves. The flowers are solitary or grouped in cymes. They have 4 bluish-purple tepals strangely splashed with white. The centre of the flower is adorned with a white stamen heart with red anthers. The flowering is followed by decorative feathery fruits that persist until winter, with a silver-grey colour. The glabrous leaves are simple, entire, and shiny dark green. This clematis clings to supports or host plants by means of petioles transformed into tendrils.

Plant your clematis alongside your climbing roses to extend the flowering of your walls and pergolas until the end of summer. It is a genus rich in diversity, with colours, shapes, and sizes of all kinds. Take advantage of their ease of cultivation to give your garden a romantic and bohemian atmosphere.