Customer Reviews

Gardening with Clematis: Design and Cultivation

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This is a great book for the beginner and the experienced I couldn't put it down the information was practical. You can tell this is written by someone that actually grows these. The photos are great I longed for more of them. The chapters are nice you don't have to wade through the text to find what you are looking for. I liked the chapters on pairing the clematis with other plants that act as the support. This was inspired I get really tired of clematis on the trellis routine. I think every gardener that has grown or wants to grow clematis would benifit from this book. I sure did.

I have very much enjoyed this book. Clearly, the author grows clematis and is an avid fan of them. She doesn't talk down to the reader, but offers plenty of advice in a breezy, conversational manner. This is no plain catalog-like listing of as many cultivars as possible with barebones information. This is a book to read. This book can get a new clematis grower grounded.

This is a wonderful book for clematis lovers! I didn't even realize I was a clematis lover until I read this book. Many of my gardening books I use for reference only, looking at only the pictures for inspiration or checking out only the chapters that apply to my gardening situation. But "Gardening with Clematis" I actually read cover to cover! The author is living in the Pacific Northwest and that fits my local as well. I highly recommend this book to beginning gardeners as well as experienced gardeners, you won't be sorry!!!

I had great hopes for this book; hope that it would be the first REAL book about clematis for the North American grower. Don't bother. The author's style is too casual and cavalier. There isn't even one really new cultivar. She should have stayed with photography. By the way, I have a HUGE clematis garden. Trust me. I own every book ever written about clematis!!

The book,talked a lot about Clematis,but it was just talk.
There was nothing,in the book,to grow better and healther Clematis.
In my opimion,the book,is worthless.