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 ...

NORTH MANKATO — Showy flowers on green-leaved vines completely cover the trellis at Gayle and Dick Stelten's home on Valley View Drive. For the past 18 summers, passersby have enjoyed the Stelten's ...

If you're looking for a spectacular blooming vine, you can stop your search in the clematis section of the garden center. A woody, perennial, usually deciduous vine, you can find a flower form, color, ...

What: Clematis “Helsingborg,” commonly known as purple alpine clematis, is an easy-to-grow vine that produces a spectacular show in mid-spring of nodding blooms. The flowers are a rich dark purple ...

Garden tip All the weeding tools should be in use. A hoe or cultivator works for tiny seedling weeds. A sharp spade will pop out large deeply rooted weeds. Dear Carol: I planted two purple clematis ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – You can look high and low, but you likely won’t find a climbing vine that compares to the clematis, known as the “Queen of the Vines,” says Gwen Funk, University of Missouri ...

Q. I need to move a large, purple-flowered clematis vine to another location in my landscape. What tips do you have? A. Moving a large clematis vine is a risky process – even riskier during the heat ...

DENVER - Clematis add glamour to the garden. Among the most popular vines, clematis bloom with beautiful flowers in various shades of pink, lavender, blue, purple, maroon and white. Most of the showy ...

My father-in-law recently passed on, and we are in the process of cleaning out his house. I noticed yesterday a gorgeous clematis, dark purple, growing on the east side of his home. My husband ...

At this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, there was one colour that dominated above all others. Wherever you looked, there were drifts of rich purple plants – purple flowers, purple foliage and even purple ...

Here's a garden that shouts allegiance to the Pittsburgh Steelers -- a black-leafed elderberry, black-and-gold black-eyed susans, and a logo Steelers football on a pedestal. Pittsburghers tend to be ...