Clematis 'Blue Bird' is a vigorous, hardy vine with dainty lavender bell-shaped blooms in spring. This one will grow to 12 feet. Don't be shy in pruning this one heavily.

Pruning guide: Prune heavily in late winter or early spring, removing dead or weak stems and shaping.

Zone: 3
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Height: 146"
Flower Color: Lavender
Bloom Time: Spring-Summer-Fall
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Price: 1 gallon, $16.00

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I first saw this beauty at Mark White's gardens in Sterling. If you know Sterling, it is one of the coldest places around. The profusion of tiny white flowers are highly fragrant but the highlight is really the foliage, a shiny burgundy. I've worked hard to get this one for my customers. It's rare.

Prune hardy in early spring.

Zone: 2
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Height x Width: 32-72" x 24"
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Spring
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Price: 1 gallon, $16.00

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Clematis tangutica is probably the most hardy, plus it is recurrent blooming. It has yellow flowers and is aggressive. Silver seed pods last all winter. C. tangutica grows to 14 feet.

Pruning guide: Do not prune except for shape, or for dead or diseased wood.

Be sure to have plenty of room. Very vigorous. Combine with 'Blue Bird' for different bloom times and interest.

Zone: 3
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Height: 170"
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Summer-Fall
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Price: 1 gallon, $16.00

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This honeysuckle variety is a vigorous deciduous vine with copper-colored spring foliage. You'll like the red tubular flowers.

Combine with Asclepias tuberosa, Clematis 'Jackmanii', 'Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster'.

Zone: 3
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Height: 204"
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Time: Summer-Fall
Notes: Plant is fragrant.
Price: 1 gallon, $16.00

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This honeysuckle, Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet,' features scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers. This one will flower all summer!

Combine with Ascepias Tuberosa, Primula florindae, Physocarpus 'Summerwine'.

Zone: 3
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Height: 120"
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Time: Summer-Fall
Notes: Plant is fragrant.
Price: 1 gallon, $16.00

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