Clematis x jouiniana

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Clematis x jouiniana

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Kemper Code: Y500

Common Name: clematis
Zone: 4 to 8
Plant Type: Vine
Family: Ranunculaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: Garden origin
Height: 3 to 10 feet
Spread: 3 to 6 feet
Bloom Time: July - September Bloom Data
Bloom Color: Creamy white (inside) lavender-white (outside)
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Best-grown in sandy-humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prune back to woody base in fall or late winter. May die to the ground in harsh winters.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

Jouin clematis is a hybrid (C. heraclefolia 'Davidiana' x C. vitalba), non-clinging, woody-based, sprawling perennial or sub-shrub. It is a semi-climber which may ramble 6-10' along the ground or up a slope or to 3' tall as a sub-shrub. Flowers (to 2" diameter) have 4-6 strap-shaped petal-like sepals and appear in compound panicles (corymbs). Flowers are a creamy-white inside and lavender-white at the tips and on the outside. Flowers are mildly fragrant and bloom July to September. Coarsely-toothed, compound leaves (3-5 leaflets; each 2-4" long) turn an attractive yellow in fall.

Problems:

None serious.

Uses:

Best as a sprawling ground cover for tree stumps or banks. May also be trailed over walls or ledges. Also effective as a rambling border sub-shrub.

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