This plant smells so sweet, like warm hugs and baked bread with marzipan filling.It blooms in early fall. This picture was in the east coast US mid Atlantic region, but I SWEAR I've smelled and seen the same plant in London, England and in western Germany. What is this?! Sorry if it's obvious, but I keep gaslighting myself out of the options I'm seeing in ID books
by Strange-Orange12
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Sweet Autumn Clematis
Invasive in eastern North America
Sweet Autumn clematis makes a great cover for arches, along with silver lace vine (on the fence to the right). I cut both back almost to ground level every winter, though. Bees love the flowers.
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This isn’t star jasmine?? Holy shit.
First, TIL this isn’t jasmine, and second whew am I allergic to this
Sweet Autumn Clematis!
Arabian jasmine.
Jasmine?
The bane of my existence… also known as sweet autumn clematis
I have lots, it’s great for covering areas that you have no current use for.
Sweet Autumn Clematis.
SE Michigan. Had one for 10 years then it died during a very cold winter. 2014.
Now, in 2025, my neighbors have one that has surrounded my house and it trying to cover my 600 sq foot native pollinator garden.
Clematis apparently is good for stopping headaches and migraines. I’ve been wanting to forage some of my own to try. Any tips from those who know more than I do?
It’s all over the place in northern VA right now, and the scent is intoxicating! As strong as honeysuckle in the spring.
I have a love hate relationship with this. It is so beautiful and smells divine. However; it wages a war on my eyes and sinuses every single year. I’m hanging on for dear life this time of year.