Clematis ochroleuca Pennys Bend 3b providing easier access for pollinators

providing easier access for pollinators like pill bugs and tiny flies

(where it hasn't been documented) near the town of Clayton

As a pollinator plant

and there aren't many to share

It provides a tropical feel in a warm temperate garden

Clematis ochroleuca Pennys Bend 3b providing easier access for pollinatorsClematis ochroleuca 'Penny's Bend' is our 2025 introduction of a seed grown strain of the southeast US native bush clematis from a population in Durham County, NC. The deciduous Clematis ochroleuca 'Penny's Bend' emerges in early spring, forming a 15" tall x 2' wide mass of stems, each ending in an ochre colored bell shaped flower. As the flowers fade, they are replaced by breathtakingly beautiful 2" wide bronzy seedheads, which remain well into