Clematis Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

If you have a wall, arbor, pergola or trellis in your garden, and want to grow something up it that's fragrant, lovely, romantic and blooming, you may think of getting a climbing rose. Think again! Roses are slow growing, require a lot of attention and can be very prone to all kinds of nasty diseases. In winter, without their ...  Read the complete review

Clematis I think we all recognise Clematis, gaily rambling or sprawling over hedge fence or boundary wall, or majestically climbing up our house walls up and over trellises. With their bright cheery flower. The purple of jackmani the pink of Montana the pink of Nelly Moser the red of Ernest Markham the blue of Frances rives or Henry ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Clematis, also known as travellers joy and woodbine, brings a lovely picture to the mind. These lovely plants can be had in flower nearly every month of the year, in a range of colours from white to pink, blue to purple and shades in between, you can even get a yellow variety. They can be grown on fences, trellises, sheds and ...  Read the complete review