Clematis virginiana, Old Man's Beard - this woody, perennial vine can climb to be 20' long. It can grow and flower in full sun or deep shade, but prefers rich, moist soils. Its fragrant white flowers put on a show from late summer and into fall. The flowers attract a range of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Plants are sometimes dioecious, the male plants are a little showier in flower and don't bear seed. The dry fruit is an achene with long hair as silvery gray feathery plumes attached in late August into November.
 
Native throughout most of NC. Click to view its native range in North Carolina.
 
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