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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 |
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'Annette',
This site may give you some ideas: http://216.122.176.138/garden/trees_shrubs/01july2.htm Regards, Emrys Davies. "Annette King" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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from Chris Hogg contains these words: 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. Christine Kelway, in 'Seaside Gardening' recommends Clematis Flammula for such a position: (snip) 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 ). I got a copy recently (4 quid via Amazon's online second hand books) and thoroughly recommend it. Janet. |
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:18:11 -0000, "Annette King"
wrotc: 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 Sounds to me as though, if you got yourself a bit of shelter, it would widen your horizons a little. Have you considered Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides). It is also a very useful plant as it will produce edible fruit if two of the separate (and distinct) sexes are in the vicinity of each other. It sounds as though your location, as you describe it, is it's preferred habitat! Hussein Grow a little garden |
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