There are many, many types of vining clematis, and their blossoms appear in some of hummingbirds' favorite colors and shapes. What's more, clematis are perennial plants; once your vine is ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...