Clematis marmoraria (male) fine foliage It is not as tall

It is not as tall as the weedy orange ones which I loathe for their tenacity

At the front of a border

” These bulbs were grown from seed from Oron Peri

"This plant offers a half basket ball-sized mound of not terribly -threatening spines

Clematis marmoraria (male) fine foliage It is not as tallNorth west Nelson marble clematis. Precious and rare, males only available, so flowers have stamens and last well. Native to marble areas of NW Nelson. Large clematis like flowers on a diminutive creeping plant with underground stems which will eventually colonise quite a large area. Part sun, but not too hot for the root run, as for all clematis. They like a little lime or neutral soils, lovely in a suitable container, but cool crevices are the