Careful planting is the key to success!
When is the best time to plant a clematis?
With the quality of the clematis we supply you are able to plant year round so long as the ground is not waterlogged or frozen solid and so long as the plant has had a period of 'hardening off'.
We always recommend improving the soil, whether it is sandy, moderate or clay so you will have ample opportunity while preparing the planting hole, to establish if the ground is in a fit state to receive its new plant.
Hardening off (November to the end of April)
Clematis purchased during winter through to May, must be hardened off before planting. Stand the plant outside in a sheltered position during the day but take into unheated cover overnight. An unheated greenhouse, conservatory or even a garage will be sufficient to prevent frost damage to the soft growth. The process should be continued for about two weeks before planting.
Dormant and Defoliated Plants
No signs of life, no need to worry, it’s perfectly normal for this time of year. Follow our Care Guides for further confidence in a successful plant.
Welcome to Thorncroft Clematis & Climbers
The UK's most comprehensive selection of climbers, with nearly 500 plants to choose from!
Winners of 12 Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medals
35+ years of experience and knowledge.
We are a leading UK Clematis Mail Order Specialist selling high quality clematis plants to customers to almost all of the United Kingdom.
We are proud to be a small independent specialist nursery, with a team of just 3 people. Heather manages our nursery with Gertie & Mary-Anne who do the plant care, order picking, packing & dispatch.
This is a business of passion and we are dedicated to putting smiles on peoples faces, selling high quality plants and ensuring we give great advice to our customers to ensure you have success with them in your garden.
Being a small independent nursery we appreciate every customer and every sale no matter how large or modest in size.
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Team Thorncroft
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My Winter Jasmine, jasminum nudiflorum looks a picture growing on my vintage tin workshop walls. Clusters of small yellow flowers appear from bare stems in the winter months, giving a delightful bright splash to dull areas and contrasts brilliantly with the dark green painted tin.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
Pretty and striking flowers of white have a deep purple margin maturing to pale violet purple, borne in great abundance on this strong growing hardy clematis. A wonderful introduction from J van Zoest nursery Holland and introduced to the UK by Thorncroft Clematis at the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2017
The clusters of white star-like flowers have a good perfume. A superb evergreen climber that requires free draining soil, sunny aspect to enhance perfume.
The eye-catching flowers have a pale pink centre and rich, slightly purply red margins and beautiful purply-bronze foliage. Named after the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, it also has a wonderful scent.
A lovely old variety that won its first award in 1873! When first open the white star-shaped flowers bear a deep pink bar down the centre of the tepals which soon fades in the sun. It has a wonderful crown of deep purply-red stamens.
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clematis Alionushka has beautiful deep mauve-pink nodding bell-shaped flowers which are produced in huge abundance through the summer to autumn months.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
The deep lavender-blue flowers have mid blue bars and contrasting yellow stamens. A lovely old cultivar that is brilliant for providing your garden with late summer and autumn flowers.
Trachelospermum jasminoides is a wonderful garden plant and often known simply as the Star Jasmine. This elegant climber has clusters of highly scented white flowers and shiny dark evergreen leaves is an understated but wonderful addition to any garden. Superb at screening unsightly objects it will also be at home, scrambling up into a supporting tree or shrub.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
The semi-nodding flowers are a rich purply-red with a luxurious velvety appearance. You've got to find a space for this clematis! As one of my personal favourites, I simply can't stop taking photos of it!
This stunning bloom opens with a broad rich raspberry-pink margin and veins over a pinky-white base and bar. As the flower matures the pinky-white at the centre becomes more prominent towards its golden stamens.
Introduced to the UK by Thorncroft at Chelsea Flower Show.
This popular, well-known clematis has wonderful light to mid mauvy-blue semi-nodding blooms which have a rose-pink bar that gradually fades as they mature. A wonderful companion for your climbing roses.Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
Clusters of deep pink flower buds open to pinky-white flowers, with a good perfume. A superb evergreen climber that requires free draining soil.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
Clematis Early Sensation has 'female' flowers that are greeny-cream on opening, maturing to pure white. Grow near 'Avalanche' or 'Joe' to get amazing seed-heads!
Received a Top Award in a Popular Garden Magazine Dec 2020.
The handsome pure white blooms have a huge crown of contrasting brown stamens. If hard pruned this lovely old cultivar will flower later, be more compact and therefore can be grown in a patio container.
The sumptuous large flowers are pearly-white at the centre with bright cerise pink margins and pointed tips. A wonderfully eye-catching bloom.
Lonicera similis var. delavyii produces a huge abundance of white tubular flowers which turn yellow once pollinated and are sweetly scented. The flowers are followed by black berries that are very popular with birds and it is also semi-evergreen in a sheltered location.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
The pretty semi-nodding pinky-red flowers have a deeply textured surface and crimped margins. Aptly named, the blooms are indeed produced in great abundance.
Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit
The deep reddish-purple semi-nodding flowers have a silvery reverse. Their simple shape and elegant colouring are a charming addition to your garden.