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Does anyone else grow this? I love the delicate flowers, but my plant has become rather a tangled mess, mainly because I haven't pruned it properly. I've just read it should be pruned in February, so it's too late for this year, but can I cut some stems back now to tidy it up? Also, is it a climber or does it grow more like a shrub?Mine is in front of a hedge so tends to lean towards the light so I'm wondering whether to give it some support.

Just looked it up Caroline as I love clematis & this one is a shrub, about 1m high, flowers in September.It looks really lovely.

We have it. It is a herbaceous perennial and thus not a climber. It dies back to the ground over winter and we remove all the dead stems as and when we get the time. You should be able to do it now without disturbing the new growth, which for us, has only just emerged from the ground.

That's interesting, Palustris- mine has really woody stems, some of them about half an inch thick now, and doesn't die right back.

I've just been looking for one of these as it looks so lovely. I found some seeds on ebay saying it's a climber, everywhere else I've looked it's a shrubby type plant. Do you think it would grow from seed? There must be a proper seed supplier for it. Sometimes on ebay they don't have the correct info.

http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=425
Waste of time buying seed, it will only germinate if fresh. Ours has only set viable seed once since we got it.
It definitely is a herbaceous type. It would develop thick woody stems if it was not cut back.

Thanks Palustris. I shall look for the real thing as a plant.

Quote from: Palustris on May 06, 2013, 12:21:52
It would develop thick woody stems if it was not cut back.

Guess there's not much chance of getting it back into shape, then, thanks to my neglect! Have you ever taken cuttings?

Cuttings do not seem to work (if it IS stans). You can if you are very good split the plant, so I am told. I have never tried. We did  manage to get seeds to germinate on the one year when they were produced.
I have to say I am a bit puzzled by the thick woody stems description. I have been weeding round ours today and even the bits left over after cutting down are hardly woody stems. They are more fibrous than solid.

I have searched the net today looking for one & it was fruitless .

I got mine from Renishaw Hall Gardens a good few years ago.

GJ!..here..http://www.wychcross.co.uk/section.php/248/1/h
and.. http://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/Clematis-Heraclefolia/

Thank you Caroline & Goodlife, the hunt shall continue .