Clematis integrifolia Rose Colored Glasses North Vietnam squatty head

squatty head

each highlighted with a darker central cherry stripe and a lavender blush on the petal tips

This has long been one of my favorites of the Chinese gingers since I saw a specimen at the US National Arboretum in 1994

The only "ornamental" downside is that aristolochia is a delicacy for pipevine swallowtail butterfly larvae in midsummer

is a vigorous grower

Clematis integrifolia Rose Colored Glasses North Vietnam squatty headThis splendid new introduction is a seedling that we selected from a batch of the non vining bush clematis, Clematis integrifolia 'Rosea'. Clematis 'Rose Colored Glasses' is topped in spring with 2" rosy pink flowers that are much larger than is normally seen with this species much to the delight of our hummingbirds. For us, Clematis 'Rose Colored Glasses' flowers heavily then, after resting for a month, comes into flower again and again. Plant it in