Monday 7 July 2014
Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.
Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars
are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin.
Most species are known as clematis
in English, while some are also known as traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, C. vitalba, by the herbalist John
Gerard; virgin's bower for C. viticella; old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads; and leather flower or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna. Source
