Clematis – Queen Of The Vines produces a Cascade of Beauty and a Riot of COLOR!
Unknown for decades, Clematis are popular – and for good reasons. Their beauty and great profusion of huge blooms make a garden spectacle seldom equalled. These perennial vines are hardy, fast-growing, and easy to grow with normal care.
Add beauty to your porch, garden fence, wall, or trellis, the Clematis is exceptional. These strikingly effective plants grow in a wide range of color varieties. Average care will reward you with almost unbelievable beauty for years to come.
One of the greatest gardeners, William Robinson, wrote that no other group of plants equals the Clematis in variety and beauty among hardy climbers. High praise, but entirely justified, though the genus is not confined to climbers. They vary in habit from herbaceous plants little more than a foot high to woody climbers 50’ feet … Read more
Long a favorite with landscape architects, the showy clematis blooms afford a striking accent to the summer garden, mainly when used as a background for a wide variety of lilies. Versatile, generally pest-free, and when once established, capable of surviving severe winters, clematis may be called genuinely spectacular. They are equally attracted to roses. The … Read more
Clematis is a subject that a gardener ought not to study too much, or they may be too frightened of trying to grow it. You may read that it is difficult, particularly about pruning, slow to get started, and perhaps not hardy where you live. However, in most cases and places, the opposite is true. … Read more
Prune your clematis to make it look tidy and produce a burst of flowers. But first, find out if it blooms on old or this year’s wood. If it blooms on old wood, prune it sparingly, cutting out only the weak, thin, or straggling branches after the vine flowers or early in February. If it blooms … Read more
I like to experiment to do things that can’t be done – to plant exotic trees and shrubs not recommended for gardens around Boston, and watch them grow, even after several failures because of wrong planting conditions. In one of the “best sellers” years ago, a book by Everett Dean Martin entitled The Meaning of … Read more
In the hierarchy of vines, large-flowered hybrid clematis rank close to the top. Their startling flowers, some measuring 10” inches across, in red, pink, blue, purple, or white, bring rave notices. Trained on a wall, a doorway trellis, a fence, a lamppost, in the perennial garden, or even in a large tub, they make a … Read more
Clematis vines — one of the most beautiful of all our flowering vines is not too difficult with a little “know-how.” Like – Can you over water Clematis? A few years ago, after considerable failure on my part, I searched for advice on growing clematis. I received wide differences of opinion as to various difficulties … Read more
More and more gardens today are emphasizing outdoor living areas. The backyard is where members of the family and friends can gather for rest and play, and considerable attention is given to the furnishings of these areas. All too often overlooked are the “living” drapes or curtains. The plants play an important part because of … Read more
Why are the clematis hybrids seen in comparatively few gardens today? These flowering vines are considered a little difficult, but with simple “know-how” they can be enjoyed easily by most gardeners. As an amateur, I have grown these attractive vines until my garden is like “fairy-land” from late spring through early summer. Styling Your Clematis … Read more