Treat your clematis vine to some TLC in fall and your stronger, healthier plant will sail through the cold season to bring ...

Val Bourne is an award-winning garden writer, organic gardener and lecturer. She has an organic garden in the Cotswolds and has been gardening since the age of five. Val has always pioneered ...

LET’S TALK ABOUT clematis (kle-MA-tis); or maybe you’d rather discuss clematis (KLEM-a-tis) — it’s complicated, right? Career nurseryman and longtime Great Plant Picks adviser Alex LaVilla is here to ...

• Control weeds before they go to seed. • Sharpen the lawn mower blade for a clean cut. • Correctly identify pest problems before trying to control them. • Aerate the lawn to reduce thatch buildup. • ...

CLEMATIS ARE BELOVED garden plants with spectacular blooms and a variety of growth habits depending on the species. To help gardeners successfully manage their plants and achieve a graceful garden ...

Purple clematis has long been a staple in Minnesota gardens. But lately, when gardeners here want a flashy plant, they've tended to gravitate toward exotics like mandevilla or annuals like cardinal ...

About five years ago, I planted a clematis at the foot of my arbor and proceeded to forget about it. This is what is required of clematis; you plant it in fairly rich soil, you chop it back, then you ...

The Clematis that delight Alla Olkhovska the most among the 120 or so types she grows are not the familiar, large-flowered hybrids, as extravagantly beautiful as they are. It’s the small, less ...

Q: A pod like a small vanilla bean appeared at the top of my clematis vines last summer. The seeds inside look like pine nuts. Are they clematis seeds, and if so, how do I plant them? A: The beanlike ...