Clematis

Clematis is a climing plant so it will need to be planted next to a wall or fencing and if not you will need to provide trelis for support as they tend to droop and fall over else. They only have shallow roots and can easily be riped from the ground in bad winds. Clematis plants have lovely green leaves and great big beautiful flowers with a circular center and 8 petals around the edges. They grow quite big and if not pruned back down to size they can get to about 10 foot tall and 6 foot wide, when they bloom they look beautiful, covered all over in single flowers and clumps of flowers, i have got two blue ones in my garden. They flower ...

I first became aware of the clematis many years ago when the bus on which I travelled to school passed a house covered in huge blue flowers. I was so impressed that I made a point of finding out what the flowers were and made up my mind that I wanted to grow plants like that in my garden. Since that time I have indeed grown them and, at present, have five well established plants and three more waiting to be planted. This is not counting the wild version 'Old Man's Beard' that is currently running riot through the hedge! Clematis is usually divided into three main groups according to the flowering type and period and how they should be ...

It's Mr Serious Head tonight as I tell you a tale of one of nature's marvels.... The clematis is one of the favourite climbing plants to be found in the gardens of England, and have been grown in this country for hundreds of years, but the only variety which is native to these shores is Clematis Vitalba, or the old man's beard. However, over the years hundreds of different varieties have been introduced from Europe, America and the Far East and these days there are a multitude of different varieties all tugging endearingly at the pockets of the gardener, screaming "Buy me, buy me." It is sometimes termed the queen of ...