Clematis texensis
	Scarlet Clematis, Scarlet Leatherflower, Texas Clematis
			5
	North America
	Climbs by twisting leaf petioles.
	10 feet
	Brilliant scarlet, urn-shaped flowers are about an inch long and appear on the current year's growth.
	Late August or sometimes in July and continues until frost.
	Clematis requires a warm top (full sun to partial shade on the vine) and a cool bottom (shade on the root zone).
	Crossed with C. patens to produce the cultivars 'Duchess of Albany' and 'Duchess of York'.