Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are hundreds of types of clematis – spring blooming, double-blooming, herbaceous, dwarves, even those that love to live in pots. Linda Beutler grows ...

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, ...

LIKE ALL great beauties, clematis can be intimidating. Then there’s the clematis mystique. Topping off your garden with the queen of climbers has long been a sign of gardening savvy and success. With ...

Climbing and clambering, stretching and scrambling, clematis fulfills so many promises in the garden. "You can use them on screens, fences, archways, pergolas, up trees, winding through shrubs," says ...

Q: I love clematis, but the one I’ve tried (can’t remember the name, it had white flowers) wilted down and looked dead after it started blooming. What kinds are easiest to grow, and where should I ...

The most sociable of climbers, clematis is deservedly called the Queen of Vines. No garden should be without at least two or three. Some gardeners have planted as many as half a dozen at a time to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gardeners are sometimes spoiled for choice. If you look in that essential guide, The RHS Plantfinder, there are ...

Clematis expert Linda Beutler is author of "Gardening With Clematis" and curator of the Rogerson Clematis Collection at Lake Oswego's Luscher Farm. In her book, she suggests the following easy-growing ...

We're all ready to get outside and prune. Not just because plants may need it, but because it feels good. Spring pruning is winter catharsis. Hacking back a bunch of plants is a smack down to a winter ...

In their haste to tidy up their gardens in spring, gardeners can make the mistake of pruning off flower buds. You need to know your plants and whether the plant produces flowers on old wood (last year ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gardeners are sometimes spoiled for choice. If you look in that essential guide, The RHS Plantfinder, there are ...