Clematis Alan Bloom

From the look of the leaves i'd say it was a herbaceous type of clematis .... a bushy 3'x3' plant, treat it like the other perennials in your flower bed.
I had one last year, i shifted it around too much and it kicked the bucket :(

Its certainly not familiar to me as a clematis - there are forms that don't climb, make bushy shrub like things, but I've never seen one. You'll know if it climbs by how it grows - if it starts lassooing everything in sight by twining, or attaching itself to things around it. I must say, it looks ot me quite similar to Anemone though, the autumn flowering, 3 feet high type.

It does look like that Bamboo :)
It's definately the herbaceous type, i've just double checked myself.
They're nice plants Dawn, good tip .... don't keep shifting it about !!!!!
By the way, it doesn't climb.

I've just googled it - have a look at Dave's Garden - it's a website that has a picture and cultural details, though you can't see the leaves properly, it focuses on the flowers.

This certainly is one of the sub-shrubby/herbaceous Clematis. It's Clematis heraclifolia and there are several named forms with Alan Bloom being one of the better known though sadly, one of the least scented of the group! They usually smell of Hyacinths.

I work in a garden centre and have come across several named forms of this plant over the years and have checked them for strength of their scent :-)

I have this it is a stunner. it is an herbaceous non climber. it reaches about 3 ft tall and has the most beautiful grey/blue flowers. it dies down in the winter and i prune the dead growth off in march and then it reshoots every year.

i have it next to a rowan etc. i will be posting a picture of it soon as it is forming buds :o)

Thanks sooo much everyone. I googled it but like Bamboo says, could only really see the flowers. I didnt think it would be a climber. Thanks to you all I now know where to put it.
I wont move it around Louise, thanks for the tip.
Seaburn: A good buy then would you say? I look forward to seeing the picture of yours :-)

oh definitely a good buy. and even more so at the price you paid.
i'll try and get the camera out tomorrow.

I'll look forward to seeing the photo Seaburn, thanks. Does it require any special conditions, by the way.

i have mine next to a rowan as part of the planting scheme. my soil is chalky and i mulch spring and autumn. when very dry weather i do water it as part of the watering rountine.

Thanks Seaburn!

I bought one a couple of years ago and it went berserk and took over a complete flower bed. This year I dug it up and the roots were so tangled it took me ages to get it out. The roots were also choking alltheothe plants that were in the same bed. I have since ditched it as a manace. It was a nice flower though and I thought of a pot but decided that the roots would be too big. Ihopethis helps.

By the way it is a clemitis and is by Alan Bloom,I believe it carries his own name

Thanks BaconB. Wow, I didnt realise they were so vigorous. Mind you, it doesnt look that healthy at the moment :-)

That's ok Dawn, the only thing is, none of the other replies seem to have had the same problem. The rest of the plants in the same bed were really
suffering and I could not undertand why untill I dug out the entire bed. It might be better to have it ib a very large pot.They die back in the winter time and this might explain its looks at the moment.

Thanks for the advice BaconB. It has died down at the moment, or maybe its dead - I'll keep an eye on it - it is quite small still but if it starts to go mad I'll transfer it to a pot, thanks for that - my soil is mainly clay although I do add well rotted muck in, so maybe my soil is not as nutritious as yours.