`Taiga` was derived from a breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Tokyo, Japan. The Inventor, now deceased, made years of crosses between plants of Clematis florida (and other species now included in the Florida group of Clematis) and plants of Clematis integrifolia, and proprietary hybrids between them. The parental plants were unnamed and unpatented, however the Inventor's records could not be found for detailed information in regards to the parents. `Taiga` was selected by the Inventor as a single unique plant from a batch of seedlings in 2000.