Vines

Little Blue Clematis

Clematis occidentalis

• Low vine to 2m long climbing trees and shrubs or trailing along the ground
• Sizable simple green leaves with a smooth margin
• Large blue flowers 3-5cm across bloom upside-down in early spring to mid summer
• Clusters of tiny seed with single long silky wings dispersed by the wind

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Twining Honeysuckle

Lonicera dioica

• Vine up to 2m tall and wide
• Leaves are thick with a smooth margin; top leaves form a cup around the flower and fruit
• Tubular trumpet-shaped flowers are yellow-orange in colour and bloom in summer
• Clusters of red berries form on the tip of the branch in the fall

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Western White Clematis

Clematis ligusticifolia

• Woody vine up to 5m high that forms a dense growth
• Pinnately compound leaves, usually with 5-7 wide lance-shaped leaflets
• Clusters of small white flowers, 5-6cm across, bloom in mid to late summer
• Wind borne seed is small with a single hairy wing

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