With their strong lines and solid structure, fences are just begging to be planted with vines and other climbing plants.

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'.

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

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 ...