Q: I'm hoping you can help us. We are looking for climbing vines with flowers, preferably blue or purple. Other colors are OK if we can mix. We would like something fast-growing (we already have ...

You say “CLEM-uh-tiss,” I say “cluh-MAT-iss”: However you pronounce clematis, this is one dazzling vine with purple flowers. Some grow up to 30 feet tall, it provides more flowers in less ...

Here’s PennLive garden writer George Weigel’s Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * What it is: Clematis is a popular and ...

A: Perhaps you have grown a white cultivar instead of a purple one. Some companies sell a white-and-purple mix. The foliage can also differ a bit and be green without the purplish veins. Hyacinth ...

Scientific name: Gynura aurantiaca. Growth habit: A sprawling evergreen vine growing to 1 foot tall and over 5 feet wide. Plants produce large, coarsely serrated green leaves with velvety purple ha… ...