On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:18:11 -0000, "Annette King"
wrote:

Hi hope some one can help me find some good strong climbing plants that
don't mind the salt and the wind !!! I live on a very exposed cliff face on
the north sea and as you can imagine it can get quite rough.
Tried clematis ....jasmine....only one honeysuckle has survived......oh I
forgot to say they have to live in pots as I only have concrete jungle.
Thanks

Christine Kelway, in 'Seaside Gardening' recommends Clematis Flammula
for such a position:

"....but one that is invaluable for even the most windswept situation
is Clematis Flammula. It is not often grown these days and I found it
difficult to obtain until a kind friend sent me a rooted piece. The
parent plant grows against an easterly wall, in a garden, very close
to the sea, on the east coast of England"

Her book was published in 1962 (Collingridge) and is long out of print
although s/h copies are still obtainable (try The Advanced Book
Exchange, http://www.abebooks.com ). C. Flammula doesn't seem to be as
rare as she found, as my (1999-2000) edition of The Plantfinder lists
35 suppliers. Those in E. England are listed below:

Beeches Nursery, Village Centre, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex. Tel.
(01799) 584362
Bressingham Plant Centre, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk. Tel. (01379)
687464/688133
Bressingham Plant Centre, Elton, Peterborough. Tel. (01832) 280058
Langthorns Plantery, High Cross Lane West, Little Canfield, Dunmow,
Essex. Tel. (01371) 872611
Notcutts Nurseries, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Tel. (01394) 383344
Robin Savill Clematis Specialist, (Office) 2 Bury Cottages, Bury Road,
Pleshey, Chelmsford, Essex. Tel. (01245) 237380
Sheila Chapman Clematis, Crowther Nurseries, Ongar Road, Abridge,
Romford, Essex. Tel. (01708) 688090
Thorncroft Clematis Nursery, The Lings, Reymerston, Norwich, Norfolk.
Tel. (01953) 850407




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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net