The 10 Most Beautiful Viticella Clematis
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Highly valued for its generous flowering and good hardiness, the Clematis viticella, or Italian clematis, includes a vast number of cultivars. With a wide range of flower shapes, sizes, and colours (white, pink, red, blue, or even purple like the variety ‘Étoile Violette’), its exceptional and delicate aesthetics adorn our gardens, terraces, and balconies for long months, from June to September, sometimes even until October! Requiring little maintenance, this charming climbing perennial can be paired with many plants and in various situations. Discover without further ado our selection of the 10 most beautiful varieties of Clematis viticella from our collection.
Clematis viticella ‘Astra Nova’
Here is a Clematis producing stunning star-shaped flowers: Clematis viticella ‘Astra Nova’. Its flower is formed of 6 bicoloured sepals: cream white, marginate with violet blue. Just as magnificent and in the same style, the flowers of Clematis viticella ‘I am Lady J’ have only 4 sepals, but these are much wider and curved compared to the variety ‘Astra Nova’. Combine Clematis ‘Astra Nova’ with a Jasmine in yellow (Jasminum officinale ‘Clotted Cream’ for example). Yellow and violet are two opposite colours, but they pair very well together to energise the garden!
Clematis viticella ‘Astra Nova’
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Clematis: planting, pruning and careClematis viticella ‘Alba Luxurians’
Clematis viticella ‘Alba Luxurians’ certainly lives up to its name. Indeed, this perennial climbing plant blooms abundantly from July to September. It is perfect for adding a splash of brightness to the garden with its single white flowers, approximately 7 cm across, adorned with a green touch at the tips of the sepals, making it very unique! Let it climb on an arch alongside the Clematis viticella ‘Étoile Violette’ with its deep purple flowering. A simple and successful combination, full of contrast.
Clematis viticella ‘Alba Luxurians’
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Clematis viticella ‘Pernille’
Very refined, it is hard to resist the large single flowers of Clematis viticella ‘Pernille’. This recent Dutch variety, awarded a gold medal in 2017, blooms from June to September, producing numerous well-opened flowers, about ten centimetres in diameter, shaded in a beautiful gradient of white, mauve, and pink. Very similar, Clematis viticella ‘Super Nova’ offers darker blue-violet flowers. The soft colours of this clematis can be complemented by the immaculate flowers of Schizophragma hydrangeoides, also known as climbing false hydrangea, with which they blend wonderfully.
Clematis viticella ‘Pernille’
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7 ideal Clematis for potsClematis viticella ‘Rosalyn’
Here is a variety of Italian clematis with unique flowers: the Clematis viticella ‘Rosalyn’. Native to the Netherlands, it produces graceful star-shaped double flowers throughout the summer, with fine sepals in a purplish-pink colour. Small in size at ripeness, reaching 2 m high and 1 m wide, this clematis is perfect for pot cultivation to brighten up a small balcony, alongside perennials such as Agastache and hardy geranium. Resistant to temperatures below -15°C, it can easily survive the winter.
Clematis viticella ‘Rosalyn’
Clematis viticella ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’
The Clematis viticella ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ is notable for producing very double and frilled flowers, approximately 6 cm in diameter. This French cultivar introduced in 1899 by Francisque Morel, a former student of the landscape architect Edouard André, is particularly vigorous and floriferous. Dark purple with a pale centre, each flower lasts about 3 weeks! Highlight the pom-poms of this semi-woody clematis by pairing it with Lathyrus latifolius ‘White Pearl’ and ‘Pink Pearl’.
Clematis viticella ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ (photo source: Mark – Flick)
Clematis viticella ‘Queen Mother’
Clematis viticella ‘Queen Mother’ stands out from other Clematis viticella varieties due to the shape of its flowers. It seems to have come straight out of a fairy tale with its trailing bell-shaped flowers featuring very curved mauve and light pink sepals. With its delicate flowering, it will easily find its place in a romantic garden, alongside other flowers in pastel shades: soft pink, white, mauve, light blue… This modestly sized Clematis can be paired with a summer-flowering bush such as Hydrangeas and Butterfly bushes.
Clematis viticella ‘Queen Mother’
Clematis viticella ‘I am Happy’
The Clematis viticella ‘I am Happy’ is a little gem. The colours of its large tepals harmonise beautifully: a deep pink edge, a central white line, and well-defined reddish veins, the overall effect is very successful. Growing up to 3 m tall at maturity, allow this deciduous climbing plant to spread on a trellis and provide some shade at its base by planting summer-flowering perennials: Iris, Yarrow, Dwarf Asters, Ceratostigma, or Erigeron.
Clematis viticella ‘I am Happy’
Clematis viticella ‘Super Cute’
Super cute, to say the least! The Clematis viticella ‘Super Cute’ produces charming medium-sized flowers (6 to 8 cm) with very broad sepals. Sometimes single, they can also be semi-double with a few sepals appearing in the centre of the corolla. In shades of pink and mauve, this climbing plant pairs beautifully with Astrantias and pastel Roses to create a romantic atmosphere in the garden.
Clematis viticella ‘Super Cute’
Clematis viticella ‘Ville de Lyon’
With its long summer flowering period extending from June to October, Clematis viticella ‘Ville de Lyon’ is adorned with large flowers (10 to 13 cm wide) ranging from pink to intense crimson red. This vivid colour beautifully highlights the central crown of yellow stamens in each flower. Reaching up to 4 metres in height and spreading up to 2.50 m, it easily climbs a wall with a support alongside a Honeysuckle with yellow flowers like Lonicera similis var. delavayi.
Clematis viticella ‘Ville de Lyon’
Clematis viticella ‘Perle d'Azur’
In the category of blue Italian clematis, we have Clematis viticella ‘Perle d’Azur’. This very old variety is not only valued for its colour, but also for the size of its large flowers that can reach up to 12 cm in diameter! As its name suggests, it boasts a stunning azure blue flowering with a hint of mauve from July until autumn in October. Very large, growing 3 to 4 m high and 1 to 1.5 m wide, this clematis easily adorns a pergola alongside climbing roses, such as the rose ‘Bantry Bay’.
Clematis viticella ‘Perle d’Azur’
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