Outer tepals of this large-flowered double Clematis are pink with a dark pink bar. The narrow inner tepals of Empress™ look like tiny pompoms. This impressive free-flowering climber will weave its way into shrubs and cover your trellis with gorgeous pink blooms that are, at times, nearly 6in wide. Hardy as well as vigorous and generally shunned by deer. ‘Evipo011’ PP 16,072

For beautiful colors, extravagance of blooms, and graceful habit, nothing compares with Clematis, the queen of the flowering vines. Whether used on posts or fences, clambering through shrubs and trees, or following wire frames in borders, they will enrich the landscape. Give them good, reasonable moisture, and shade at their roots.