NAME: Clematis vitalba, Old man's beard, Traveller's Joy - CLEMATIS SEEDS - Attracts Butterflies & Honey Bees - Zones 4 and UP OTHER COMMON NAMES: Old Man's beard, Traveller's Joy SCIENTIFIC NAME: Clematis COLOR: White HARVEST: Spring PLANT HEIGHT: 10-20 ft Zones: 4 and up LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Mostly sunny SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Wide range QUANTITY: 100 Seeds OTHER: Clematis vitalba (also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy) is a shrub of the Ranunculaceae family. Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard. The grooves along the stems of C. vitalba can easily be felt when handling the plant. The flowers of this species are eaten by the larvae of moths including The V-Pug and Double-striped Pug and the leaves by Willow Beauty.