Nigel Cattlin / Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba) flowering in hedgerow, Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Ernie Janes / Oldmans beard (Clematis vitalba) seedheads silhouetted at sunset, Norfolk, England, UK. January.

Colin Varndell / Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba) flower. Portland, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Colin Varndell / Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba) Dorset, UK, October.

Fabrice Cahez / Traveller's joy (Clematis vitalba), Vosges, France, September.

Nick Upton / Old man's beard, the seedheads of Wild clematis (Clematis vitalba) in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Gary K. Smith / Clematis, Nelly Moser, cultivated plant.

Nick Upton / Traveller's joy / Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) flowers, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Clematis (Clematis montana) with Bumblebee (Bombus sp) Surrey, England, April.

Ernie Janes / Clematis Rampicanti flower. UK, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Frost on Old Man's Beard seedheads (Clematis vitalba) in winter, Vosges, France

Ernie Janes / Clematis (Clematis montana) in flower growing over archway in walled garden, Norfolk, England, UK, June.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Alpine Clematis (Clematis alpina) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, June Meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) leaf changing colour in Autumn, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. October.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) seed head, Umbria, Italy. September.

Nick Upton / Old man's beard, the seedheads of Wild clematis (Clematis vitalba) in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Old man's beard, the seedheads of Wild clematis (Clematis vitalba) and Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) berries in a hedgerow, Wiltshire, UK, September.

Dave Watts / Southern clematis (Clematis aristata). Tasmania, Australia. November.

Jussi Murtosaari / Siberian clematis (Clematis sibirica) in woodland. Kristinestad, Finland. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Siberian clematis (Clematis sibirica). Kristinestad, Finland. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Siberian clematis (Clematis sibirica) flowering in woodland. Kristinestad, Finland. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina). Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina), albino form. Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine clematis (Clematis alpina) seedhead. Fassa Valley, Dolomites, Trentino, Italy. July.

Georgette Douwma / Anemone clematis (Clematis montana). Kaleidoscopic montage.

Niall Benvie / Wild clematis (Clematis vitalba) Larochemillay, France, September.

Niall Benvie / Wild clematis (Clematis vitalba) against white background, Burgundy, France, July.

Linda Pitkin / Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba) on bank of River Thames. Hampton Court, Richmond Upon Thames, England, UK. July.

Linda Pitkin / Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba), flowers and seed heads, Desborough Island, Surrey, England.

Ernie Janes / Old man's beard flowers (Clematis vitalba) Thornham Dunes, Norfolk, England, UK, August. August

Mike Read / Purple virgin's bower (Clematis occidentalis) growing up a tree, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.

Mike Read / Purple virgin's bower (Clematis occidentalis) growing up a tree, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June.