Clematis crispa New Hope United States Native Plants arching branches

arching branches

the stems are smothered with a mass of mauvy violet flowers

We selected this exceptional clone because of its good vigor and lovely dark purple flowers from November through March

highlighted by attractive silver blotches

cut some canes in fall and store them overwinter in a bucket of moist peat moss

Clematis crispa New Hope United States Native Plants arching branches(aka: Clematis crispa A1FL 127) Clematis crispa 'New Hope' is our seed strain from an original plant that we found in 2001, growing in a wet roadside ditch on the outskirts of the Florida Panhandle city of New Hope. In the garden, Clematis crispa 'New Hope' has made a wonderful see through vine, adorned all summer with small dangling purple bells, each highlighted with a white central stripe.