These leaves are smooth, so I do not believe this plant is the Clematis Virginiana, which has toothed leaves. Could this be confirmed?

Thank you.

Leaves of Virginiana:

The leaves look like they might be from a different plant and the frond of flowers are hanging in front. It's a possibility.

It is a mistake, leaves Ligustrum vulgare

bamira,
I was confused about those leaves too ... do you think you could edit the photo; maybe caption it as follows or something similar so that there isn't future confusion?

Caption: Photo by Malcolm Manners. Clematis virginiana bloom; background leaves are Ligustrum vulgare

plantladylin said:bamira,
I was confused about those leaves too ... do you think you could edit the photo; maybe caption it as follows or something similar so that there isn't future confusion?

Caption: Photo by Malcolm Manners. Clematis virginiana bloom; background leaves are Ligustrum vulgare

Could this then be moved to the Multi-plants section of this page, or deleted?? There is already so much confusion between the native clematis and the Asian variety.

I moved it to the generic entry.