I do love readers who think ahead, Diana. Young potted cordylines are vulnerable on two counts. First, there is the single growing tip, central within the mass of slim, splayed spiky leaves. Secondly, ...

Versatile, vibrant and full of flower, the humble clematis is as popular as ever. Here are some old favourites, the best new varieties and how to use them ...

I have an old clematis vine that comes up every year; it’s in good shape. I collected quite a few seeds in the fall after they dried out, and I need to know how to plant and raise seedlings from these ...

Sloth, as you probably already know, is the gardener's first line of defense. Come spring, when the neighbor's clematis vines are showing off with spectacular blooms the size of saucers, the gardener ...

Plant lust, I am sorry to tell you, does not dissipate with age and experience, at least for some of us. This was brought home to me forcefully when I made my first trip of the year to a nursery and ...

There is a glorious moment when winter finally yields to spring. The birds are singing and snapping twigs from the branches above, and the grass is shooting up. It’s a glorious time for the gardener, ...

The first clematis in the year to flower is the perfect source of food for winter-active bees - and its blooms are scented, too For the first time since I planted it four years ago, my Clematis ...

Maurice Horn’s friendship with Japanese hybridizers introduced bell-shaped clematis varieties to North American gardens.

For nearly a decade Penny Pratt, a chartered landscape architect, had lovingly tended the clematis montana that grew at the side of Middle Bottomley Farm in the west Yorkshire hamlet of Walsden. The ...

Only 5,000 of the pale blue double flowering climbers will be available and they are expected to sell out fast if sales of Clematis George – a white clematis launched after the birth of Prince George ...