Western Blue Clematis
Clematis occidentalis
Western blue clematis is a slender northern and montane vine with nodding violet-blue lantern flowers in spring and feathery seed heads, charming on a trellis or scrambling over shrubs.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, red, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- CO, CT, DE, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
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- Swamp Leatherflower (Clematis crispa)
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