On 11/5/08 21:09, in article ,
"Sheila" wrote:

We have just bought three arches for our large garden, two we have tied
together, 6'3 tall, and beyond that, about 20 feet is another wider, but
shorter one. Both are on lawn but just behind them is open ground, so no
problem re planting there. any suggestions about climbers, and colour?
that part of the garden is colourless (apart from various shades of green!)
so any colours considered. I would like to have as much growth as possible,
for coverage... and NO Russian vine please! You can observe the smaller
arch through the two tied together.


One of the prettiest things to do with arches is to use Wisteria or Laburnum
over them, or both. You could combine them side by side or alternate them
so that one arch is Laburnum and the other Wisteria etc.
Depending on where you live, the evergreen winter flowering Clematis
armandii is a possibility and so is Clematis balearica.

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