Another one of my acrylic paintings,this one is of our clematis flowers in our garden.
Clematis is a genus of about 380 specie within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids and cultivars have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis'Jackmanii', a garden staple since 1862; more cultivars are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin.
Most species are known as clematis in English, while some are also known as:
traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, C. vitalba, by the herbalist John Gerard;
virgin's bower for C. terniflora, C. virginiana, and C. viticella;
old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads;
leather flower for those with fleshy petals; or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna.
