Clematis: will spring ever come?, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
i love clems on alberta spruce. the spider mites are always an issue with them. clems however,are not bothered by spider mites,at least not here in my garden.
they make a nice support and they do cover in some of the holes. when they get into a life threatening battle, i always let the clem win.
some of my old albertas are also limbed up so i can get a few more years out of them. and in this display, sometimes the clem covers the alberta. don't seem to have a good shot of that,but you get the idea.
my dream is that someone develops a blue alberta spruce which would be so lovely to show off clems, no?
i've even named it for them
should be called "blue berta"