Q: I love clematis as there are so many different flower shapes, sizes and colors to choose from. I would like to plant them in pots to add something pretty to my outdoor seating space and use their ...

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 ...

Most people use their pots for posies — primarily petunias, geraniums, marigolds and other annuals that get planted each May and yanked each October. A few enterprising folks plant their pots with ...

Climbing evergreen or deciduous clematis clamor over garden fences, trellises, trees and shrubs, but a large garden is not necessary to grow these versatile vines. Containers of blossoming clematis ...

Family lore has it that Wanda Lunn planted her first iris in her grandmother’s garden when she was 3. She’s been hooked on gardening ever since. Lunn grows hundreds of irises, lilies, peonies and ...

Every flower gardener should know the pleasure of growing clematis, a woody, deciduous climbing perennial in the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. With its large flowers, extended period of bloom and ...

When folks think of clematis, most imagine the big pinwheel flowers of hybrids like Jackman. These bold, deep-purple summer beauties are one of the most popular and widely planted clematis on the ...

This is one of the compact, profuse bloomers that many search for in a clematis. A wonderful vining plant, clematis is often called ‘Queen of the Vines’ and for good reason. They provide so much ...

What: Captivating flower bells of indigo violet are borne above delicate green leaves from early summer to fall on Clematis ‘Rooguchi,’ a charming, non-twining vine. With training it will gently ...

Answer: Perhaps a little information about Clematis can help you. There are three kinds of Clematis and they differ from one another in how and when they flower and how they are pruned. Type 1 blooms ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — You never stop learning when it comes to gardening and growing things. KARE 11's Laura Betker says she and her buddy Bobby Jensen expanded their knowledge about the beautiful vining ...