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Article: Herbaceous clematis enjoys company of other plants.(Home & Garden)(The art of gardening)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 15, 2004
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Byline: Amy Reynolds The Planter's Palette
Asked to describe a clematis, chances are the phrase "flowering vine" would figure prominently in your definition.
For many members of the genus, you'd be correct. Most clematis are woody vines that bud or bloom from old growth that persists from one year to the next, but there are many lovely plants that belong to this horticultural category that are neither woody nor vining. These are members of the herbaceous group of the clematis genus.
Herbaceous group clematis share a single characteristic: Like all perennials we describe using the term "herbaceous," they die back to the ground with the first hard ...