A Clematis Tip
If in doubt whether to prune clematis or not - do nothing. That's what Mother Nature does. These clematis are species or hybrids thereof - and there certainly was not a soul in the wilds to thoughtfully prune these plants when these evolved. Gardening after all, is just common sense.

Small Flowered Clematis
This is our fourth year of offering these and they have been immensely popular and a wonderful combination and companion for the roses.

It seems that everybody loves clematis but not everyone has success with these vines. I personally have zero luck with the large flowered varieties in our windblown coastal gardens but the small flowered, less fussy and hardier forms are stellar here.

Albina Plena (macropetala)
An early flowering clematis - May to June, from Sweden. Nodding heads of many petaled snowy-white flowers with airy foliage. Very pretty and ethereal but hardy. To 10' $10.00

Bill Mackenzie (tangutica)
One of my favorites of the very vigorous clematis and a terrific performer. Yellow nodding flowers all season against dense green foliage/growth. Blossoms are followed by 'puffy' seed heads which persist through the winter and are much prized by birds for their nests in the spring. Very quick to establish
to 15' or more. $10.00

Freda (montana)
A pretty thing with 4 petaled pale pink blossoms edged with rich pink. Foliage is tinged with purple hues. Flowering in May through June. To 15' $10,00

Lagoon (macropetala)
'Spidery' violet-blue flowers with paler centers and very profuse early bloom, followed by persistent silky seed heads.
To 15' $10.00

Paniculata (Terniflora,Maximowwicziana,
or simply Sweet Autumn Clematis)
Excellent by any name and always one of the very finest. My absolute favorite and a veryvigorous clematis, romps over a driftwood arbor in my gardens and is most joyous in bloom in September. So hardy, so lovely and so divinely fragrant! Masses of small snowy-white flowers on a very dense and tenacious vine that is more than delighted to tackle a tree!
to 20' and probably much more! $10.00

Polish Spirit (vitacella)
One of the most undemanding to grow and a personal favorite, especially nice with once blooming climbing roses. Covered with deep purple blooms from July and well into fall. To 15' $10.00

Purpurea Plena Elegans ( vitacella)
Double deep smokey red/purple blossoms. Blooming from mid summer into fall and climbing to 12'. $10.00

Temple Bells ( rehderiana)
Fragrant yellow bells from mid summer to early autumn. Vigorous to 25' $10.00

Tibetiana (species)
Lime tinted pale yellow, nodding flowers and handsome showy foliage ( will tolerate more shade being a wild form, than most clematis). Blooms from July through September and climbs
to 10'. $10.00

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