Q: I love clematis as there are so many different flower shapes, sizes and colors to choose from. I would like to plant them in pots to add something pretty to my outdoor seating space and use their ...

Raymond Evison is a man on a mission. He wants gardening to be accessible to people who wish they had a green thumb but have neither the time nor the expertise to call themselves gardeners. Gardeners ...

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 ...

Clematis plants, boast beautiful blooms that range in shape from little bells to big, broad-faced flowers. There are both vining types and spreading varieties. (In fact, clematis is one of our ...

Q: What is the name of the clematis vine you recommend for containers? I have a small balcony that gets mostly morning sun, and I would like to train a flowering vine to grow up a trellis and give my ...

Most people use their pots for posies — primarily petunias, geraniums, marigolds and other annuals that get planted each May and yanked each October. A few enterprising folks plant their pots with ...

Every flower gardener should know the pleasure of growing clematis, a woody, deciduous climbing perennial in the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. With its large flowers, extended period of bloom and ...

When folks think of clematis, most imagine the big pinwheel flowers of hybrids like Jackman. These bold, deep-purple summer beauties are one of the most popular and widely planted clematis on the ...

Family lore has it that Wanda Lunn planted her first iris in her grandmother’s garden when she was 3. She’s been hooked on gardening ever since. Lunn grows hundreds of irises, lilies, peonies and ...

Clematis are easy to grow. Plant them in soil that has been amended with organic matter in an area with their preferred light conditions, and clematis will show off their beautiful blooms in the ...

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 ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — You never stop learning when it comes to gardening and growing things. KARE 11's Laura Betker says she and her buddy Bobby Jensen expanded their knowledge about the beautiful vining ...