It has attractive seed heads into fall. Collected in northern Inner Mongolia. These are followed by ornamental seed heads. A prolific bloomer and a tall grower with a vigorous habit. The 3-4' stems can be staked into a bush form.
Silky fruits form in the fall.
A very vigorous grower, this new introduction is the best selling clematis in Europe and first available in the U.S. Sun to part shade. The showy, feathery seed heads are decorative in fall. Blooms later than C. orientalis. This Himalayan species has bell-shaped flowers of a lilac color in summer. It climbs high by aerial rootlets or can be a rambling groundcover.