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Old 08-02-2006, 09:41 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default A good climber for a fence?

In article ,
Kay wrote:

Most honeysuckles, most clematis etc. You should fix some wire or
netting for all of those (plus Akebia quinata). Clematis armandii
is excellent, and is evergreen and flowers vigorously and with a
strong scent in spring. You may succeed with Holboellia.

Won't the honeysuckles just head for the top and then point all their
flowers towards the neighbour's side?


Not if they are the 'northern' varieties and kept hacked back, er,
pruned at intervals. At least L. periclymenum and L. japonica
are happy with a northern aspect, if gets a fair amount of light.
L. x tellmanniana isn't. I haven't tried others in that location.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.