Clematis

The vast range of Clematis species and cultivars encompass a range of value for wildlife. Species-types (e.g. C. tangutica) attract pollinating bees. The winter-flowering forms such as C. cirrhosa are valuable to insects emerging from hibernation. The seeds may be eaten by birds and the feathery seed-plumes used to line nests, while the climbing growth provides nest-sites for typical garden birds such as blackbird and dunnock. And finally, the larvae of a number of moths feed upon the leaves including the least carpet and angle shades.