Create a cascade of beautiful flowers with perennial vines: Clematis and other favorites.

You see them every summer, and there's no reason not to have them right in your own backyard. And front yard. Clematis are not difficult perennials to grow, and once they're established, they're back each year like clockwork.

Everyone loves the famous purple clematis. But even more spectacular is Nelly Moser, the old bicolor shown at right that has enormous flowers and is easy to train up a trellis or even through rose bushes or other shrubs.