Clematis Destiny

The Clematis or Clematis 'Destiny' is a relatively recent variety, attractive with its refined flowering of white stars. It is an easy climbing perennial, equipped with voluble stems that wrap around supports on their own. This variety bears a generous and perpetual flowering in May-June and then in August-September with medium-sized flowers with beautifully undulated edges, all topped with a heart of stamens initially greenish and then turning white with purplish-brown anthers that enhance the purity of its petals. It is a very compact clematis, perfectly suited for growing in a pot on a terrace or in open ground in a small white garden! Use it to brighten up an unremarkable wall or as a backdrop for other more colourful clematis. Perfectly hardy, it is an easy perennial to grow if you take care to keep its base cool in a rich and well-drained substrate and its head in full light.

The genus Clematis belongs to the family of buttercups. The Clematis 'Destiny' is a German creation by William Straver in 2007.

It is a woody and climbing perennial plant, with short stems that will not exceed 1.5 m (5ft) in height with a spread of 1 m (3ft). The leaves, deciduous, fall in winter. They are bright green, composed of 3 ovate to lanceolate leaflets, 3 to 7 cm (1 to 3in) long and 1.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2in) wide, and traversed by relatively prominent veins. The single round-shaped flowers consist of 6 to 8 broadly elliptical to rounded sepals, overlapping and pointed at the tips. They are 7 to 10 cm (3 to 4in) wide. The flower is pure white with undulated edges. The stamens are greenish and then white with purplish-brown anthers. The colour of the flowers tends to fade at full bloom, especially when the plant is grown in very sunny conditions. This clematis clings to its support or host plant through voluble stems with petioles transformed into tendrils. This variety has good health and hardiness.

Plant your clematis in the company of your climbing roses or lianas to extend the flowering of your walls and pergolas until the end of summer. This is a diverse genus, with varieties available in all colours, shapes, and sizes. Take advantage of their easy cultivation to give your garden a romantic and bohemian touch. Thanks to its rather modest size, 'Destiny' will easily find its place in a small garden and will be perfectly happy in a pot on a balcony or next to an entrance door, embracing a small bamboo structure to welcome visitors with its magical colours. Its white flowers beautifully accompany more colourful blooms but are ideal in a predominantly white and green garden!