Clematis vitalba

Bos vine is a wild clematis that grows on calcareous soil. The forest vine has greenish stems and twigs. Climbing stems grow three to 6 m in all directions every year. The glossy dark green leaves are 1 to 4 cm in size. The branched, thin stems on which the leaves sit are the same color as the leaf. The stems are sometimes gray frosted. The forest vine blooms in July/August with countless cream-coloured, small flowers that have a nice scent. They have four green cream-colored sepals. In the autumn the flowers develop into seeds that are surrounded by woolly fluff. These silvery fluff remain on the plant during the winter.