Botanical Name: Clematis maximowicziana
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Common Name: Sweetautumn Clematis  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Vine

 

Height Range

12-25', 25-40'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Half, Shade

 

Water

Medium

 

Growth Rate

Fast, Moderate

 

Soil Type

Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

Invasive

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Tropical, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Fragrance, Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer, Fall

 

Location Uses

Background, Shrub Border, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Screen, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

This is a fast growing and vigorous clematis that grows 20 to 30 feet or more. Leaves are small, pinnately compounded, and blue-green in color; no appreciable fall color. Flowers are small and white to the palest of pinks, fragrant, and bloom late summer into the fall. Seedheads are airy little balls of puff that extend the seasonal interest beyond just the flowers. Also listed as C. autumnalis and C. terniflora. Deciduous.
Grow in shade to part shade in loamy soil. A vigorous clematis, this plant will easily cover a fence, pergola, small house, or anything else. It does need support as it is a twining vine. This vine has the capacity to escape, so avoid planting it in riparian corridors were it might out-grow the native clematis.