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Evergreen Climbers
Many thanks to all who replied to my question. I might give the clematis
and passiflora a try. |
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In article , "Mo" writes: | | Many thanks to all who replied to my question. I might give the clematis | and passiflora a try. A reasonable approach. Be warned that Passiflora caerulea is not evergreen with me, even in the recent very mild winters. Clematis armandii is. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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K wrote:
Charlie Pridham writes (snip) Sadly there is no scenario where being evergreen in a cold exposed location is an advantage (apart from to gardeners!) Though it's a strategy which works for a lot of conifers. Indeed - they will grow in extreme conditions where little else does. And considering conifers have been around for an extraordinary long time, one wonders why a climbing conifer has never evolved (would it be identifiable from fossil records anyway?). -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
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In article , "Jeff Layman" writes: | K wrote: | Charlie Pridham writes | | Sadly there is no scenario where being evergreen in a cold exposed | location is an advantage (apart from to gardeners!) | | Though it's a strategy which works for a lot of conifers. | | Indeed - they will grow in extreme conditions where little else does. And | considering conifers have been around for an extraordinary long time, one | wonders why a climbing conifer has never evolved (would it be identifiable | from fossil records anyway?). There are prostrate ones. In extreme conditions, there is rarely much point in climbing - there isn't any shortage of space, and often nothing to climb up. It might well be identifiable. However, conifers are widely distributed throughout the temperate regions, but do seem to have lost their structural adaptability as they differentiated. There is very little variation in ANY such aspect, compared to even much smaller clades of angiosperms. I can't even guess why. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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