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Simply Clematis...Clematis Made Simple, as the title implies, is a book that makes growing clematis simple. Devoted exclusively to the needs of American gardeners, the book contains 304 pages and 150 color photographs of garden-worthy clematis including a descriptive profile of each one. The book shares with you straightforward how-to cultural information about planting, growing, feeding and pruning clematis. It also addresses the correct USDA growing zones. "Simply Clematis" offers at-a-glance lists of clematis arranged by color, the varieties and USDA zones in which certain clematis will double, clematis that can be grown in sun, clematis suitable for shade, clematis that are heat tolerant, clematis for containers, 10 clematis favorites and 10 must-have clematis.

Edith Malek's newest book, Simply Clematis... Clematis Made Simple, is now available. This much anticipated follow-up to her first book, American Clematis Society's Guide To Growing Clematis In The United States, contains 304 pages and includes 150 color photographs. Informative as well as easy to read, this guide gives you all the information you need to successfully grow clematis in the U.S. and, as the title implies, it makes growing clematis simple.

Table of Contents

• The Future for Clematis in the United States
• Old Wives Tales: Setting the Record Straight
• Growing Zones
• Climate Zones
• The Possibility of Growing Clematis in USDA Zone 3
• Clearing Up the Confusion
• Why Clematis Double
• Growing Clematis
• (Planting, Transplanting, Feeding, Watering, Mulching, Support
• Winterizing, Disease & Pest Control)
• The Phoenix Phenomenon
• Ugly Ducklings and Sleeping Beauties
• Growing Clematis in a Container
• Prune Not Doom
• Clematis & Their Sentiments
• Clematis as Cut Flowers
• Key to the Portraits Pages
• Clematis Portraits
• Appendices