Clematis reticulata
netleaf virgin's-bower
Rannunculaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
vine
Size:
climbs to 10 or more. ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
red,purple
Fruit Color:
white
Phenology:
winter dormant
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Grow on a fence, trellis, or arbor. In informal settings, allow to twine around tree or shrub stems. Interesting bell-shaped flowers and whorled white sprays of fruit.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals
Larval host for mournful thyris ( Thyris sepulchralis ).
Attracts various pollinators, especially bees.
Birds and other small wildlife consume seed.
Native Habitats:
Dry mesic upland mixed forest, sandhill.
