After one year Clematis flammula is thriving where I have had all sorts of problems. First, a good scarlet-flowered honeysuckle, Lonicera Dropmore Scarlet, was decimated by aphids.

Clematis were insignificant nursery plants until breeders developed hybrids in the 1850s. ... Plants in this group include: C. viticella, C. flammula, C. tangutica, C. x jackmanii, ...

Old favourites, newcomers, climbers or sprawlers? With so many to choose from, here is a guide to my favourites ...

Clematis growing up poles or tubular supports made from deer or pig netting kept upright with four strong stakes is a good way to add extra height… ...

Varieties of Clematis flammula will also associate well with the more vigorous varieties of climbing roses. Examples include the gorgeous ‘Clematis ‘Sweet Summer Love’. Climbing rose bush.

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.