Dave Smith wrote:

I discussed this with my wife at lunch and she says clematis is what she
had in mind to go up those poles. We are zone 6 in Yakima if I am
reading the chart at
http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=WA correctly. So I
think we need some advice on what type of clematis as there appears to
be different kinds. Would we plant different kinds together next to the
pole and have them intertwine? is that possible?

I'm in the Seattle area, and have 14 different clematis planted together along
my front porch, including two evergreen that I just planted last fall. I started
planting them 6 years ago, and add one or two each year. OK, so I'm addicted.
For the first year I used string loosely wrapped around each post, and trained
the plants through. Now they climb through each other. I also nailed up slats
between the posts, and below the roof, for the plants to twine around, as you
can see he
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View...766&p=61160404

I've never pruned any of them, and never had a problem with wilt. I do trim dead
branches in the spring, but I love the look of the bare branches all winter -
and couldn't bear to cut them off.

The montana's are just about to bloom now. These are my favorite, tho the
flowers are small. But the whole yard smells like baby powder when they're in
bloom, and they grow extremely fast:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View...766&p=60247502

Here are some photos of the others:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View...766&p=67546608
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View...766&p=60968386

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Julie
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3008861