A hint of Sweet Vanilla

While everyone is familiar with the Large Flowering Summer blooming clematis, the Fall Blooming Sweet Clematis is relatively unknown.

Sweet Autumn Clematis is known under serveral botanical names: Clematis paniculata (which is how I learned it), Clematis maximonowicziana and Clematis terniflora.

The sweet autumn Clematis is one of the easiest Clematis to grow. It prefers Full Sun, but will also grow in partial shade. The flowers are tiny, but extremely plentiful. It starts blooming right around now, and will bloom through early October. The tiny flowers have a sweet vanilla fragrance.

The bright white flowers are extremely showy. Sweet Autumn Clematis is a rapid grower, and is a great plant to use to cover a chain link fence.