Common Name:

netleaf virgin's-bower

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Clematis reticulata

Family:

Rannunculaceae

Form:

vine

Size:

climbs to 10 ft or more

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

red, purple

Fruit Color:

white

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Grow on a fence, trellis, or arbor. In informal settings, allow to twine around tree or shrub stems. Interesting bell-shaped flowers and whorled white sprays of fruit.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

seed

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

acidic to neutral

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B, 9A, 9B

Wildlife:

Birds and other small wildlife consume seed.

Larval host for mournful thyris (Thyris sepulchralis). 

Attracts various pollinators, especially bees.

Native Habitats:

Dry mesic upland mixed forest, sandhill

Natural Range in Florida:

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