Often growing with little care in the right spot, clematis vines will bloom best when trimmed correctly at least once a year. Knowing how and when to prune clematis can do a lot to keep your vines ...

Clematis is a lovely perennial vine that climbs, grows, and can sometimes establish a permanent framework for fresh green growth. This beautiful plant lightens up the garden with large, vivid, ...

When is the best time prune my clematis? I understand there are three different pruning techniques depending upon the cultivars, but I don't know what I have. Yes, you're correct. Clematis (pronounced ...

Recently a reader asked me whether to deadhead clematis or not. The question seems simple enough – yes or no. Surprisingly, though, the answer is not so straightforward. Clematis bloom whether you ...

While you may be snipping the day away in the garden during your crisp fall weekends, when you arrive at your clematis vine you may want to stop and think it over. In fact don the biggest thinking cap ...

In my new garden, I have managed to find homes for 11 different clematis vines, so far anyway. I planted one each on the four posts of my pergola on the east side of the house two years ago and they ...

Q. My 5-year-old clematis is looking very unhealthy this year. It has only a few leaves, but it is blooming; the one flower is about 5 feet off the ground. The middle is almost bare, and there is some ...

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 ...

Group A has spring blooms,group B, repeat blooms and group C has summer or fall blooms. It should be noted that incorrect pruning would never bring an early death to the clematis. At worst an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. graffoto8 / GETTY IMAGES Clematis is a lovely perennial vine that climbs, grows, and can sometimes establish a permanent framework ...