(Elegant Clarkia, Mountain Garland, Woodland Clarkia)

Upright reddish stems lined with rosy papery flowers are highlights of the elegant clarkia. This tall wildflower is endemic (native only) to California, existing in chaparral, grasslands and forest clearings. It is a fast-growing annual that naturally blooms from mid-spring to early summer when conditions are mild and cool. Garden grown specimens can be sown year-round as long as temperatures and mild and humidity low.

Elegant clarkia grows upright with reddish stems and sparse green to gray-green...

(Spring-beauty)

(Clematis)

Clematis is a genus of about 300 species grown for their eye-catching flowers. Most are twining vines but some are herbaceous perennials and a few are shrubby. They can be evergreen or deciduous and exist in temperate regions worldwide. There are thousands of hybrid cultivars bred exclusively for their beautiful, showy flowers.

Species in this large genus come in many diverse forms. The leaves are usually opposite on the stem and may be rounded, elliptical, heart or lance shaped and...

(Clematis, Luxurious White Clematis, Viticella Clematis)

Luxurious white clematis is a herbaceous vining plant with small white, open bell-shaped flowers tipped in green. They bloom from midsummer through the fall. Leaves are green with hints of a gray casting on this native of southern Europe and extreme western Asia.

Clematis prefers a location with at least five to six hours of sun and a fertile, well-drained soil. In early spring, prune each stem's growth down to a pair of strong buds above the soil level. It can be used to dress up a wall, trellis,...

(Alionushka Clematis, Clematis, Integrifolia Clematis)

This unique, floriferous clematis displays numerous rose-pink, nodding, bell-shaped flowers from late spring to frost. Developed in the Ukraine in 1969, ‘Alionushka’ resulted from a cross between the climbing hybrid ‘Nezhdannyi’ and the bushy species Clematis integrifolia. Its habit is intermediate between that of its parents, and it is at its best when planted among shrubs and perennials in the mixed border, where its tumbling stems can weave themselves among the other plants of the garden.

The...

(Allanah Clematis, Clematis, Late Large-flowered Clematis)

The large, vibrant, velvety wine-red flowers of ‘Allanah’ bloom in late spring and early summer. Each of its broad petals taper at the base giving the blooms a distinctive appearance. It is a vigorous grower with a somewhat compact habit at maturity.

This hybrid clematis is a hardy deciduous woody vine that climbs by twining stems. The vines are lined with green compound leaves that appear in spring. The large wine-red flowers appear from spring to summer and are followed by fluffy clusters...

(Amanda Marie Clematis, Clematis)

Clematis is a genus of about 300 species grown for their eye-catching flowers. Most are twining vines but some are herbaceous perennials and a few are shrubby. They can be evergreen or deciduous and exist in temperate regions worldwide. There are thousands of hybrid cultivars bred exclusively for their beautiful, showy flowers.

Species in this large genus come in many diverse forms. The leaves are usually opposite on the stem and may be rounded, elliptical, heart or lance shaped and...

(Amelia Joan Clematis, Clematis, Tangutica Clematis)

Clematis is a genus of about 300 species grown for their eye-catching flowers. Most are twining vines but some are herbaceous perennials and a few are shrubby. They can be evergreen or deciduous and exist in temperate regions worldwide. There are thousands of hybrid cultivars bred exclusively for their beautiful, showy flowers.

Species in this large genus come in many diverse forms. The leaves are usually opposite on the stem and may be rounded, elliptical, heart or lance shaped and...

(Amelia Clematis, Clematis)

The upright-growing, non-vining ‘Amelia’ produces 3-inch-wide (8 cm) flowers in late summer to early fall. The six-petaled blossoms are a pale pink-lavender and surround a bright yellow crown of stamens.

This hybrid clematis is a hardy deciduous woody vine that doesn't really climb and clasp in a traditional sense but grows upright. The stems are lined with green compound leaves that appear in spring. The large flowers appear from summer to fall and are followed by fluffy clusters of silvery...

(Arabella Clematis, Clematis, Integrifolia Clematis)

The heavy-flowering ‘Arabella’ produces many violet blue flowers in late summer to early fall. As the flowers mature they lighten in color.

Hybrid clematis is a hardy deciduous woody vine that climbs by twining stems. The vines are lined with green compound leaves that appear in spring. The large flowers appear from spring to summer and are followed by fluffy clusters of silvery seeds.

Plant this vine in sites with full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. It grows and flowers best if...