The forest vines, also Clematis or Klematis mentioned, are a kind of climbers also over 200 kinds from the family of the cock foot plants (Ranunculaceae). It occurs predominantly in the moderate climate zones of Asia, America and Europe.

In Switzerland one calls the forest vine also Niele. One can smoke short, dried pieces of the Liane; the guidance containers of the plants serve as air duct.

Characteristics

Forest vines are holzige, sometimes krautige climbers and possess pinnated sheets, which drop with some sorts, with others are evergreen. The plant is characterized by their four to eight petal-like by which missing and the einsamigen fruits are enough with their, feather-like bristles. Means and climb-smoke reach a height of two to six meters. The fruits of the forest vine are silvery-white, fedrige seed bundles.

The of the plant winds and climbs at neighbour plants or other supports up. In the garden the forest vine is used therefore frequently for the Beranken by Spalieren, Obelisken, rose elbows, fences, hedges, trees and bushes.

There is a multiplicity at sorts with differently large, white, pink, red, blue or violet colored blooms, which are star or dish-shaped and can a diameter of up to 20 centimeters reach. Forest vines flower between June and September.

An illness dangerous for the plant is the Clematiswelke, a mushroom illness, with which the impulses from the point die. Hybrid ones are susceptible to soil drynesses, why the foot of the Clematis should be always beschattet.

Kinds (selection)

• Alpine forest vine (C. alpina)
• C. fargesii
• Complete sheet forest vine (C. integrifolia)
• Mountain forest vine (Clematis montana)
• Upright forest vine (Clematis recta)
• Gold forest vine (C. tangutica)
• C. texensis
• C. orientalis
• Genuine forest vine (C. vitalba)
• Italian forest vine (C. viticella)

Hybrid one

There is a large number of Clematis hybrid (selection):

• forest vines (Clematis hybrids), e.g.:
  • Jackmanii (grossblumig, low-violet)
  • Rouge Cardinal (grossblumig, including-red, healthy)
  • Nelly Moser (lilarosa)
  • Mme Le Coultre (knows)

• Sorts of the Italian forest vine (C. viticella hybrids), e.g.:
  • Purpurea Plena Elegans (closely filled, magenta colors)
  • violet one (low violet)
  • Titles (wine-red, richly flowering)

• Sorts of the mountain forest vine or Anemonen Waldrebe (C. montana), e.g.:
  • Superba (knows, up to eight meters climbing)
  • Rubens (pink)

Related links

• To the Giftigkeit of the forest vine

• www.biotekt.de/kletterpflanzen data base with data for the use of various Waldreben/Clematis; Description of some kinds.

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