Comanche county, TX (Zone 8a) | March 2009 | positive
I was pleasantly surprised when I found this beautful flower growing in two different creek bottoms near De Leon, Texas. I mistakenly mad...Read Moree a post in a similar hybrid variety on this site and am now correcting myself. See my photos of the plant from 2007.
This beautiful plant is a Texas native, and is only native (wild) to the Texas Hill Country.
It has beautiful red closed-...Read Morecup (sort of) blooms. They remind me of a red oval balloon with puckered lips, ready to give you a big smacking kiss.(Or like the plant in the movie Little Shop of Horrors).
It completely dies back in winter and re-emerges each spring. Then it begins blooming in late February thru mid-summer, and goes to seed in the fall making pretty fuzzy seed pods, useful for crafting.
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) | August 2001 | neutral
A native, drought-tolerant clematis, the flowers on this species do not open wide like many modern cultivars. Displays better density tha...Read Moren most clematis; has grayish green leaves. Plant produces flowers on new growth so prune in late spring
I was pleasantly surprised when I found this beautful flower growing in two different creek bottoms near De Leon, Texas. I mistakenly mad...Read More
This is a beautiful and graceful plant. I love it and the hummingbirds love it.
This beautiful plant is a Texas native, and is only native (wild) to the Texas Hill Country.
It has beautiful red closed-...Read More
A native, drought-tolerant clematis, the flowers on this species do not open wide like many modern cultivars. Displays better density tha...Read More