Clematis is one of the most popular flowering vines, and no wonder -- this versatile plant can be grown on walls, pergolas, in containers or left to ramble through trees and shrubs.

• Clematis x cartmanii ‘Avalanche.’ In early spring, ‘Avalanche” offers a snowstorm of white bloom. Each flower is centered in a showy ruff of chartreuse stamen.

When most people think of Clematis they usually envisage those lovely large flowered summer varieties that scramble over arbours and intersperse themselves through climbing roses.

For small spaces or containers, try Clematis x cartmanii. Most varieties, like dependable Pixie and Avalanche, are evergreen with creamy white flowers. The colours of spring clematis run from blue ...

If this prospect seems like too much of a performance, then Jane could replace it with a smaller, evergreen, equally early flowering clematis such as Clematis cartmanii, which is easier to manage.

How to Prune Clematis The goal of pruning is to control the shape and beauty of the vine, but to do so in a way that won't undermine its blossoms. Here's how experts say you should go about it.

The answer is not quite, but nearly. Much depends on regional climatic subtleties, of course, but the year can kick off with Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica, a ferny-leafed evergreen scrambler ...

Join Enjoy Gardening More for loads of great offers and discounts. Winner of the RHS Garden Merit award, this much-desired new evergreen clematis, with the largest flowers of its variety, is sure ...

Clematis like their “heads in the sun and feet in the shade”. Create a fabulous display by interplanting a clematis with a fruit or other small tree or shrub.