Fern-leaved Clematis               KLEM-a-tis ki-RO-sa ba-lee-AH-ri-ka

• Evergreen vine, vigorous, 12-15 ft (3.5-4.5 m) tall.  Leaves glossy bronze-tinted, deeply cut.  Flowers creamy-white, speckled inside with reddish-maroon, fragrant; winter blooming, in western Oregon from November to February.
• Sun, well-drained soil
• Hardy to USDA Zone 7      Native to Balearic Islands and Corsica.
• cirrhosa: with tendrels, leaf stalks act as a dendrils.     balearica: of the Balearic Islands.