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Common name(s): traveller's joy, old man's beard. Scientific name: Clematis vitalba. Family: Ranunculaceae. Origin: native. Flowering season: July to September. Habitat: hedgerows
Aug 22, 2008 · Old man's beard produces many flowers (see featured image), which are a soft white colour. Each is about 2cm (¾ inch) across. W J Bean (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles) says that the flowers have a slight almond scent.
Old man's beard. Common Name: Old man's beard. Genus: Clematis. Species: vitalba. Skill Level: Experienced. Exposure: Full sun. Hardiness: Hardy. Soil type: Well-drained/light, Dry, Moist....
Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of old man's beard.
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Like other members of the Clematis genus, old man's beard or traveller's joy climbs (or scrambles ) over other plants using its leaf stalks (petioles) and flower stalks. The leaves are not unlike the familiar garden forms of Clematis. The leaf stalks entwine around any convenient support / structure in their vicinity and then lignify (become woody)...
W J Bean (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles) says that the flowers have a slight almond scent.
Whilst we may consider old man's beard to be 'normal' plant of the hedgerow / woodland habitat, it is viewed with some alarm in places, such as New Zealand. It was introduced there as a garden plant, but its wind blown seeds soon found other homes in their woods and forests; where it grows rampantly in the canopy reducing the light that filters dow...
Traveller's-joy. Scientific name: Clematis vitalba. The fluffy, white seed heads of Traveller's-joy give it the evocative, alternative names of 'Old Man's Beard' and 'Father Christmas'. A clematis-like climber, it can be seen scrabbling over hedgerows and in woods.
Clematis vitalba. This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts.
