This eye45catching evergreen clematis gives a much needed injection of colour to the winter garden when not many other plants are in flower this is the earliest of the spring flowering clematis with cup45shaped pink blooms freckled with maroon45red markings hence the name freckles the delicate blooms are followed by attractive fluffy seedheads that sit above glossy evergreen leaves clematis 39freckles39 only needs minimal pruning and makes an excellent specimen for container