In article .com,
"La Puce" writes:
| Nick Maclaren wrote:
| How far apart can they be to still have the Clematis grow up the
| structure?
| A couple of metres. I would recommend using 20-30 cm squares; 10-15
| is better for a screen, but you want light in winter.
|
| Really?! A couple of metres?! Surely the clematis cannot reach from one
| point to 2m away with nothing in between to climb on?

No, but they go up the verticals and then along the horizontals.
C. armandii would be able to handle that, for example, though
some other clematis would not.

| But perhaps he could put some wires in between the rods? You've
| completely destroy his design !!

Yes.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.