Often growing with little care in the right spot, clematis vines will bloom best when trimmed correctly at least once a year. Knowing how and when to prune clematis can do a lot to keep your vines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you're looking for a spectacular blooming vine, you can stop your search in the clematis section of the garden ...

Wherever you need something colorful to clamber over something — a trellis, a fence, a shed, an arbor — there’s a clematis vine that would welcome the opportunity. Several types of clematis are hardy, ...

A number of years ago, I had the wonderful fortune of visiting a garden called Ninfa. It was a garden just south of Rome, Italy that was very unique in many ways. There were many things that I loved ...

If you’d like to enjoy the spectacular blooms of Clematis, you need to understand two key points. First, Clematis needs lots of sun but wants cool, rich, moist soil to grow in. Second, Clematis vines ...

One of my readers from Ashland asked me this 15 years ago: “My clematis vines are getting pretty old, maybe 20 years. There are a lot of brown limbs. Can the vine be cut back and will it come back and ...

Family lore has it that Wanda Lunn planted her first iris in her grandmother’s garden when she was 3. She’s been hooked on gardening ever since. Lunn grows hundreds of irises, lilies, peonies and ...

Clematis, often called the “Queen of Climbers,” produces masses of flowers in a wide range of shapes and colors. Clematis plants can be trained to climb trellises, fences, arbors and obelisks, plus ...

“We have several clematis vines in our garden and do not know their names. Do you advise cutting them this fall or leaving them alone?” Different species and varieties of clematis have more specific ...

Q. I need to move a large, purple-flowered clematis vine to another location in my landscape. What tips do you have? A. Moving a large clematis vine is a risky process – even riskier during the heat ...

If you're looking for a spectacular blooming vine, you can stop your search in the clematis section of the garden center. A woody, perennial, usually deciduous vine, you can find a flower form, color, ...