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Mar

Clematis – our native one – Virgin’s Bower, Woodbine, or Old Man’s Darning Needles (Clematis virginiana)

The clematis vines we see everywhere are hybrids and cultivars that have been created by botanists and plant hybridizers.  For example, a common clematis we can see in so many yards on trellises and twining around mailboxes is Clematis ‘Jackmani’ which is a cross between Clematis lanuginosa and Clematis viticella – neither of these parent […]

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