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Clematis vitalba
Also called Old Man's Beard, Traveler's Joy, Evergreen Clematis, Travellers Joy
Traveller's-joy is a deciduous climbing shrub native to Europe and western Asia, grown for its scented flowers and silky seed heads. It does best in alkaline soil with a moist climate and warm summers.
Clematis vitalba (also known as old man's beard and traveller's joy) is a shrub in the genus Clematis of the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to Europe and western Asia.
C. vitalba has a preference for base rich alkaline soils and moist climate with warm summers. The species is native to Eurasia and North Africa.
Clematis vitalba was used to make rope during the Stone Age in Switzerland. In Slovenia, the stems of the plant were used for binding crops and weaving baskets for onions. It was particularly useful for binding sheaves of grain because mice do not gnaw on it. In Italy, the sprouts are harvested to make omelettes (called "vitalbini" in Tuscany, "visoni" in Veneto).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clematis vitalba 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.
