Clematis: I need a vine that likes shade., 1 by PudgyMudpies

PudgyMudpies wrote:
I grow asarina in full shade & it blooms just fine. Actually seems to do better in it. And the plants get realllllllly big. I have it growing on 2 trees, I just put a big loose ring of the stiff green plastic fencing around the trunk and planted the asarina at the base. On my magnolia the fencing did not quite reach the top of the trunk & I am really glad about that now, because my other tree it DID reach the top of the trunk and the vines were able to get up into the branches. The tree is about 30 feet tall & the asarina is probably about 25 ft up into it. But I am not worried because it is not a kudzu type vine & I don't see it "smothering" the tree. I have had it about 3 years now & while the one on the magnolia has never died in the winter cold (probably cuz the magnolia is evergreen and protects it) the one on the other tree does freeze, but it comes back. I won't say from the roots, because the vines that are 25ft up that were black looking when Spring started are green. I grow the light & dark purple and the pinkish rose color. I also have it in another spot but just as a ground cover.