Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clematis is a popular perennial climbing plant that produces colorful, winding blooms that are occasionally fragrant. Due to their ...

These stunning vines make a real statement in the garden—here's how to prune them for optimal results. Clematis is a lovely perennial vine that climbs, grows, and can sometimes establish a permanent ...

Clematis are celebrated as some of the most beautiful climbing plants, offering a vibrant display of colour on trellises, weaving through shrubs for added blooms, and brightening containers. Achieving ...

Here are some tips for cutting back various varieties based on whether blooms appear on new growth, old growth or both. Pay attention to where the blooms are formed on your clematis vines; that will ...

Summer weed priority: No seeds! You’ll never stop all weeds. Even if you pull or kill every last weed in the yard and mulch religiously, some new weeds are still going to find a way to pop up. You can ...

Don’t you wish your clematis looked like those in the seed and plant catalogs? Much of it has to do with pruning and if you have grown clematis, this can be rather puzzling. Your clematis will survive ...

A smiling gardener is about to prune climbing wisteria with a pair of shears - BERTH/Shutterstock As romantic as a trailing vine looks in the fall, don't neglect your climbing plants when you have ...

Clematis can be the star of your garden when planted, pruned, and supported correctly. From choosing the right trellis to preventing wilt, small details make a big difference. With proper care, these ...

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 ...

Martha Murdock, in a 2017 Over the Garden Gate article, made a picturesque observation concerning a fundamental element of gardening: “[V]ines are the threads that weave [a garden] together. They can ...

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 ...