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Clematis marmoraria, the New Zealand dwarf clematis, is a small evergreen plant from alpine marble rock in northwest Nelson, grown for its early spring white flowers. It needs cool, sharply drained, rocky conditions and does best in a rock garden or alpine trough.
Clematis marmoraria (New Zealand dwarf clematis) is an evergreen plant with parsley-like, leathery and dark green foliage. The white flowers are about 2 centimetres (0.79 inches) wide, blooming in early spring.
This clematis can be found growing in alpine marble karrenfeld either in crevices in massive marble, or amongst semi-fixed rocks, stones, and similar rocky sites in open herbfield.
Clematis × cartmanii is a hybrid between Clematis marmoraria and Clematis paniculata that is grown ornamentally. The hybrid was created by New Zealand horticulturalist Joe Cartman and several popular cultivars of the cross are now in cultivation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clematis marmoraria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
