Shade climber
 

Hi everyone,

can you recommend me an evergreen climber to grow in shade? No sun at
all and a bit wet in winter... am I asking a miracle?? :))

I need to cover my neighbour's wall that it is more or less 3 meters.

Thanks in advance.

Shade climber
 

"P. Alves" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

can you recommend me an evergreen climber to grow in shade? No sun at
all and a bit wet in winter... am I asking a miracle?? :))

I need to cover my neighbour's wall that it is more or less 3 meters.

Thanks in advance.

Ivy - will grow practically anywhere!!
There are variegated ones, but they grow a bit slower than the ordinary
green stuff.....

Evergreen honeysuckle Lonicera henryi - small flowers and berries as an
extra.

Jenny

Shade climber
 

"P. Alves" wrote Hi everyone,

can you recommend me an evergreen climber to grow in shade? No sun at
all and a bit wet in winter... am I asking a miracle?? :))

I need to cover my neighbour's wall that it is more or less 3 meters.

How about Pyracantha. That's evergreen, will grow in shade and looks
good trained against a wall, plus you get the vivid berries in autumn.

Then there's dozens of varieties of Ivy.

Or you could use Euonymous fortunei, e.g. Emerald Gaiety which makes a
handsome green and white variegated wall shrub and would show up nicely
in shade. There are various cultivars with different colouring.
It will start to self cling once it gets established against a wall but
far easier to keep under control than ivy imo. The berries aren't
conspicuous but I've noticed that robins in particular seem to enjoy
them as soon as they ripen.

--
Sue

Shade climber
 

"Sue" wrote in message
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"P. Alves" wrote Hi everyone,

can you recommend me an evergreen climber to grow in shade? No sun at
all and a bit wet in winter... am I asking a miracle?? :))

I need to cover my neighbour's wall that it is more or less 3 meters.

How about Pyracantha. That's evergreen, will grow in shade and looks
good trained against a wall, plus you get the vivid berries in autumn.

Then there's dozens of varieties of Ivy.

Or you could use Euonymous fortunei, e.g. Emerald Gaiety which makes a
handsome green and white variegated wall shrub and would show up nicely
in shade. There are various cultivars with different colouring.
It will start to self cling once it gets established against a wall but
far easier to keep under control than ivy imo. The berries aren't
conspicuous but I've noticed that robins in particular seem to enjoy
them as soon as they ripen.

--
Sue

Good choices, you could also add Cissus striata and Hydrangea seemannii to
the list, but I particularly like the Euonymus, even though they are not all
good climbers (some are) but they do have very good foliage.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

How about a varigated ivy!

Shade climber
 

Charlie Pridham writes

"Sue" wrote in message
freenews.net...

"P. Alves" wrote Hi everyone,

can you recommend me an evergreen climber to grow in shade? No sun at
all and a bit wet in winter... am I asking a miracle?? :))

I need to cover my neighbour's wall that it is more or less 3 meters.

How about Pyracantha. That's evergreen, will grow in shade and looks
good trained against a wall, plus you get the vivid berries in autumn.

Then there's dozens of varieties of Ivy.

Or you could use Euonymous fortunei, e.g. Emerald Gaiety which makes a
handsome green and white variegated wall shrub and would show up nicely
in shade. There are various cultivars with different colouring.
It will start to self cling once it gets established against a wall but
far easier to keep under control than ivy imo. The berries aren't
conspicuous but I've noticed that robins in particular seem to enjoy
them as soon as they ripen.

--
Sue

Good choices, you could also add Cissus striata and Hydrangea seemannii to
the list, but I particularly like the Euonymus, even though they are not all
good climbers (some are) but they do have very good foliage.

It's worth also having a word with your neighbour about how he feels
about you climbing something up his wall. Ivy, for example, is
self-clinging, and some people are very twitchy about possible damage to
walls


--
Kay