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Evergreen Climbers
Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover
the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. |
Evergreen Climbers
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says... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Evergreen Climbers
On Oct 27, 3:44 pm, Charlie Pridham
wrote: In article , says... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Charlie, can I tag on here, I want a clematis, hardy, evergreen, south east facing, the Auvergne, France, snow in December and Jan Feb and March pretty vicious. Is there anything I could plant in these conditions? Judith |
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On Oct 27, 3:59 pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:56:53 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 27, 3:44 pm, Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , says... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Charlie, can I tag on here, I want a clematis, hardy, evergreen, south east facing, the Auvergne, France, snow in December and Jan Feb and March pretty vicious. Is there anything I could plant in these conditions? RHShttp://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/gardens/hydehall/archive/hydehallpom05j... -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You Darling, thank you. Now I have to see if I can find it in France otherwise Charlie will be sending me one next Spring. Judith |
Evergreen Climbers
"Charlie Pridham" wrote Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. Yes, sorry. The garden is on the south of the house, and the planter box itself faces west, so it should be reasonably bright and fairly sheltered. We're in Bolton, so it's generally a bit damp and chilly. Many thanks. |
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lid says... On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:27:19 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 27, 3:59 pm, Martin wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:56:53 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 27, 3:44 pm, Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , Charlie, can I tag on here, I want a clematis, hardy, evergreen, south east facing, the Auvergne, France, snow in December and Jan Feb and March pretty vicious. Is there anything I could plant in these conditions? RHShttp://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/gardens/hydehall/archive/hydehallpom05j... You Darling, thank you. Now I have to see if I can find it in France otherwise Charlie will be sending me one next Spring. Flattery will get you nowhere. I'm waiting for somebody to tell me just how hardy it is. I couldn't get the page to open, what is it about? -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Evergreen Climbers
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says... "Charlie Pridham" wrote Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. Yes, sorry. The garden is on the south of the house, and the planter box itself faces west, so it should be reasonably bright and fairly sheltered. We're in Bolton, so it's generally a bit damp and chilly. Many thanks. A west facing wall with some shelter, you ought to be able to grow Clematis armandii, Clematis cirrhosa balearica, Holboellia latifolia, Passiflora caerulea. Lonicera japonica (I prefer the form Acumen for leaves) If we had a stinker of a winter all would be damaged or killed. As soon as I send this I will probably think of more! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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On Oct 27, 4:47 pm, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:27:19 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 27, 3:59 pm, Martin wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:56:53 -0000, "judith.lea" wrote: On Oct 27, 3:44 pm, Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , says... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Charlie, can I tag on here, I want a clematis, hardy, evergreen, south east facing, the Auvergne, France, snow in December and Jan Feb and March pretty vicious. Is there anything I could plant in these conditions? , RHShttp://www.rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/gardens/hydehall/archive/hydehallpom05j... You Darling, thank you. Now I have to see if I can find it in France otherwise Charlie will be sending me one next Spring. Flattery will get you nowhere. I'm waiting for somebody to tell me just how hardy it is. -- Martin- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks Martin, hopefully it is hardy, if anyone knows Charlie will. Judith |
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"Mo" wrote in message ... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? with Many thanks in advance. less invasive and more decorative Winter Flowering Jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum with the added bonus of small yellow flowers not restricted to just winter. Ivy does have a problem with the adventitious roots damageing brickwork . Derek |
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Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article , says... "Charlie Pridham" wrote Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. Yes, sorry. The garden is on the south of the house, and the planter box itself faces west, so it should be reasonably bright and fairly sheltered. We're in Bolton, so it's generally a bit damp and chilly. Many thanks. A west facing wall with some shelter, you ought to be able to grow Clematis armandii, Clematis cirrhosa balearica, Holboellia latifolia, Passiflora caerulea. Lonicera japonica (I prefer the form Acumen for leaves) If we had a stinker of a winter all would be damaged or killed. As soon as I send this I will probably think of more! Good list. To those stated I would add Akebia quinata or trifoliata. They would do pretty well (maybe too well!), and in most winters would be more or less evergreen. If the winter was very severe they would lose their leaves completely, but would probably be more likely to survive than those in the list. -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
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On Oct 27, 5:35 pm, Charlie Pridham
wrote: In article . com, says... On Oct 27, 3:44 pm, Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , says... Hello, All. I'm looking for recommendations for evergreen climbers to cover the side wall of a brick garage. The plants are to go into 2 wooden planters which are each about 2 feet wide by 4 feet long and about 2 feet in depth, so the plants shouldn't be too invasive or vigorous. Ivy is an obvious choice, but it might be too invasive? Is there anything else that would do the job better? Many thanks in advance. Which way is it facing and where are you? it makes a big difference. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Charlie, can I tag on here, I want a clematis, hardy, evergreen, south east facing, the Auvergne, France, snow in December and Jan Feb and March pretty vicious. Is there anything I could plant in these conditions? Judith I don't think so, the two toughest are Cirrhosa and armandii, on a wall I am not sure what you would get away with but from previous threads your place sounds rather cold in winter! -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It is Charlie, any suggestions at all for something, anything evergreeen, that may survive? Judith |
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In article , "Jeff Layman" writes: | | Good list. To those stated I would add Akebia quinata or trifoliata. They | would do pretty well (maybe too well!), and in most winters would be more or | less evergreen. If the winter was very severe they would lose their leaves | completely, but would probably be more likely to survive than those in the | list. Nah. Akebia quinata is hardy, but deciduous in all but very mild winters. It has more-or-less kept its leaves on the last two, but they have been freakishly mild. Before that, it lost its leaves every year. Cambridge may be colder than Bolton, but not by much. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Oct 27, 10:09 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"Je ff Layman" writes: | | Good list. To those stated I would add Akebia quinata or trifoliata. They | would do pretty well (maybe too well!), and in most winters would be more or | less evergreen. If the winter was very severe they would lose their leaves | completely, but would probably be more likely to survive than those in the | list. Nah. Akebia quinata is hardy, but deciduous in all but very mild winters. It has more-or-less kept its leaves on the last two, but they have been freakishly mild. Before that, it lost its leaves every year. Cambridge may be colder than Bolton, but not by much. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Come on Nick and Charlie, south of Clermont Ferrand at high altitude? Judith |
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