Blogs on clematis plants

Before and after

Every May I usually post a photo of my pergola covered in beautiful blooms of clematis Montana "old man's beard "...

Specialist Clematis growers

My wife was taken out today by her daughters, so having a few hours free, I decided to go to 1 of my favourite local nurseries,...

On and on and on and on

I planted clematis 'Kaiu' three years ago. It has small white bells with a pink tinge on the newly opened flowers. Several...

Clem Day

I'm so excited! I've been dithering for ages trying to choose which clematis to have-there is so much choice. Then you have...

Climbers - using every available space. Clematis

This is a daughter of Clematis Miss Bateman. She is growing on the north east aspect of our conservatory, which is the shadiest...

Clematis Propagation

I have never propagated clematis before. So going out to take some tip cuttings. Has anyone had success with this before. Also...

Clematis Biju & Fora Filigree

You may remember last June I posted pictures of the non climbing clematis which i had purchased early spring 2012, the following...

WINTER BEAUTY CLEMATIS, blogging these pics especially

for Booboosmum. This was taken on 9th January this year after being previously chopped back the year before when taking the...

Clematis....my personal recommendations

It's not been a good year for early large-flowering clems has it? Sadly, the fungal infection that causes them to wilt suddenly...

Growing Clematis in pots, lessons learned.

I have been growing clematis in large pots with varied success for the past couple of years. Some have done brilliantly...

Clematis not flowering?

We all know that Clematis can take several years to reach maturity depending on the age of the plant when purchased and some...

Clematis Jackmanii And Friends !

Piilu is in my favourite top 5, i prefer the double blooms so i prune the 2 plants i have differently ! I prune one for singles...

A Shared Clematis Montana !!!

This is My Neighbour Anns Clematis Montana that we Share ;) I Love It Dont You?? :D

GOING UP THE WALL

Not me-not this time, anyway! No-this was another of those lovely surprises that happen in gardens sometimes. You know-when...

Clematis vitalba

Also known as: Old man's beard; Traveller's joy; Virgin's bower; Ladies' bower. Traveller's...

It's not only babies that need cotton buds!

I made a bad mistake on Saturday. I saw that my Clematis viticella 'Mme Julia Correvon' was trying to climb into a tree...

Princess Diana

It's no secret that i'm a Clematis lover -addict .... no, fanatic is the more accurate word i think ! Princess Diana is...

Clematis - prune or not?

Some members were concerned about the thorny subject of Clematis pruning...which, when and how. I promised that I'd write...

What's been going on in my garden?

I have been very proudly showing off my clematis due to it being so full of blooms. The first to open was the single bloom...

Clematis Questions

Well, it stormed Friday night....actually, it was more like a light show with very loud sound affects! It shaked, rattled...

PRUNING 2 – WHEN TO PRUNE?

So having said how to prune, the next question of course is when to do it? Shrubs and climbers generally fall into one of...