Clematis vines dripping with colorful blooms as they creep up a trellis are gorgeous as-is. With fairy-like hummingbirds sipping from the flowers, the beauty is enough to give you chills.

For instance, vigorous varieties that would quickly get out of hand in a container or engulf a slow-growing shrub are ideal for the walls of a house. And if you want to grow a clematis up a tree ...

Clematis are fabulous plants for providing vertical colour on walls, fences, ornamental obelisks and through the branches of trees and shrubs. For the best display you'll need to know when to prune.

Type 3 Clematis will probably perform the best in zone 3. Yes, many Clematis varieties are listed as zones 4-9 but many zone 4 cultivors grow well here, especially those that flower on new wood ...

I agonized whether I had waited too late to move my deck plants indoors before the first frost resulted in farewell to these ...