Clematis with Alla Olkhovska - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 11, 2025

The last time I spoke to Alla Olkhovska from her home and garden in Ukraine, she confessed to growing about 120 different types of Clematis—a number that after seeing her recently published e-book “Clematis Passports,” which profiles 140 kinds, I suspect has increased in the year and a half since that chat. Whatever the precise number, suffice it to say that Alla is devoted to growing and propagating Clematis, and photographing them and using them in cut flower arrangements, too. They are a joy of her life, and were the subject of our conversation. Alla, with her dual passions for plants... Read More ›