With abundant blooms in a wide range of colors from soft white to dark purple, pink and even yellow, clematis reign supreme ...

The white leaf leather flower is cold-hardy ... shaped flowers in a buttery yellow not commonly seen in other varieties of clematis. This cold-tolerant vine can thrive in Zones 2 through 9.

Clematis montana is easy to grow and look after, and is considered by some to be 'the most graceful and floriferous of all'.

For instance, vigorous varieties that would quickly get out of hand in a container or engulf a slow-growing shrub are ideal for the walls of a house. And if you want to grow a clematis up a tree ...