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What combination of plants could I suggest to someone who has a lovely
metal arch and would like fragrant flowers but more imprtantly as long a period of interest as possible. Quite sheltered garden facing south, neutral to alkeline soil They aren't expert gardeners so good doers perhaps, but not rampant stuff. Colour not important I thought lonicera out because it so often gets infested, jasmine might get unruly(though poss, stephanese) and doesn't take to pruning, maybe clematis and roses or a trachleospermum, maybe even some annual climbers like ipomea, eccromocarpus Think whoever sold them their house took their plants with them as there seems to be nothing in the ground apart from 3 very unpruned young espaalier apple trees, a whole bed of chives, a pile of assorted stones, three msierable roses planted about 5 feet aprt and a climber outisde that looks very similar to clumbine but has reddish stems and slightly more jagged leaves. Looks like it dies every eyar then grwos on top of what died :) -- Janet T. Amersham |
plants to cover arch
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... What combination of plants could I suggest to someone who has a lovely metal arch and would like fragrant flowers but more imprtantly as long a period of interest as possible. Quite sheltered garden facing south, neutral to alkeline soil They aren't expert gardeners so good doers perhaps, but not rampant stuff. Colour not important I thought lonicera out because it so often gets infested, jasmine might get unruly(though poss, stephanese) and doesn't take to pruning, maybe clematis and roses or a trachleospermum, maybe even some annual climbers like ipomea, eccromocarpus Think whoever sold them their house took their plants with them as there seems to be nothing in the ground apart from 3 very unpruned young espaalier apple trees, a whole bed of chives, a pile of assorted stones, three msierable roses planted about 5 feet aprt and a climber outisde that looks very similar to clumbine but has reddish stems and slightly more jagged leaves. Looks like it dies every eyar then grwos on top of what died :) -- Janet T. Amersham Honeysuckle should be OK if kept watered, but it sounds like a job for roses, I wouldn't plant Trachelospermum away from a wall as here they get badly burnt in winter, shame it can't be just a bit rampant!! I love Akebia for spring flowers and summer leaves and some clematis for later flowering but I can't pretend Akebia wont grow :~) -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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Janet Tweedy wrote: What combination of plants could I suggest to someone who has a lovely metal arch and would like fragrant flowers but more imprtantly as long a period of interest as possible. Quite sheltered garden facing south, neutral to alkeline soil They aren't expert gardeners so good doers perhaps, but not rampant stuff. Colour not important I thought lonicera out because it so often gets infested, jasmine might get unruly(though poss, stephanese) and doesn't take to pruning, maybe clematis and roses or a trachleospermum, maybe even some annual climbers like ipomea, eccromocarpus The last are not scented. My experience with scented climbers is not good, but I am trying some Clematis flammula. Don't bother with any jasmine - the only hardy, nominally scented, one is J. officinale and it's a b*gg*r to prune (and, in my experience, neither flowers well nor is strongly scented). In my (again, limited) experience, honeysuckles vary immensely in vulnerability to aphids - L. periclymenum and japonica seem to be resistant, x brownii and x tellmanniana need direct sun for any resistance, and etrusca is hopeless. henryi and armandii seem resistant, too, but would smother anything else on an arch. And, while I grow them, sweet peas seem hopelessly vulnerable, too. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 2013-05-27 22:42:20 +0100, Janet Tweedy said:
What combination of plants could I suggest to someone who has a lovely metal arch and would like fragrant flowers but more imprtantly as long a period of interest as possible. Quite sheltered garden facing south, neutral to alkeline soil They aren't expert gardeners so good doers perhaps, but not rampant stuff. Colour not important I thought lonicera out because it so often gets infested, jasmine might get unruly(though poss, stephanese) and doesn't take to pruning, maybe clematis and roses or a trachleospermum, maybe even some annual climbers like ipomea, eccromocarpus Think whoever sold them their house took their plants with them as there seems to be nothing in the ground apart from 3 very unpruned young espaalier apple trees, a whole bed of chives, a pile of assorted stones, three msierable roses planted about 5 feet aprt and a climber outisde that looks very similar to clumbine but has reddish stems and slightly more jagged leaves. Looks like it dies every eyar then grwos on top of what died :) How about Akebia quinata alba, Janet? It smells heavenly and flowers over a long period though it needs two of the same species to pollinate, so they could also grow the chocolate one! It could be followed by a jasmine as you say or perhaps by Cobea scandens planted annually? Rosa Gloire de Dijon is one of my personal favourites and so is Mde. Isaac Pereire, though it's not remontant but has a fabulous scent. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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If you go for roses, be very careful about vigour. Both in Kent and here, any roses I've grown have grown to about twice the advertised height. The trouble with an arch is the same as with a hedge - difficult to get something that will reach the top of the arch quickly and then stop growing ;-) For annuals, you could try sweet peas for the fragrance. I don't know how you'd go about mixing a perennial with some annuals - might be difficult to get the annuals to establish if the perennial is already hogging the soil. The climber that looks like a columbine - there is a climbing aconitum - could it be that? Both Aconitum (columbine) and Aconitum are in the buttercup family. |
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On 28/05/2013 09:21, Sacha wrote:
How about Akebia quinata alba, Janet? It smells heavenly and flowers over a long period though it needs two of the same species to pollinate, so they could also grow the chocolate one! It could be followed by a jasmine as you say or perhaps by Cobea scandens planted annually? Rosa Gloire de Dijon is one of my personal favourites and so is Mde. Isaac Pereire, though it's not remontant but has a fabulous scent. I've got Madame P but it is a shrub not a climber and does struggle a bit. I liked Compassion though an older variety - for the scent but Gloire de Dijon might be an alternative . Thank you. Just want to get the basics in for them to inspire them, they have been a bit overwhelemed by the bare garden and what worries me is that there aren't many weeds!! -- Janet T. Amersham |
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On 2013-05-28 12:02:39 +0100, Janet Tweedy said:
On 28/05/2013 09:21, Sacha wrote: How about Akebia quinata alba, Janet? It smells heavenly and flowers over a long period though it needs two of the same species to pollinate, so they could also grow the chocolate one! It could be followed by a jasmine as you say or perhaps by Cobea scandens planted annually? Rosa Gloire de Dijon is one of my personal favourites and so is Mde. Isaac Pereire, though it's not remontant but has a fabulous scent. I've got Madame P but it is a shrub not a climber and does struggle a bit. I liked Compassion though an older variety - for the scent but Gloire de Dijon might be an alternative . Thank you. Just want to get the basics in for them to inspire them, they have been a bit overwhelemed by the bare garden and what worries me is that there aren't many weeds!! The other lovely, bright pink and scented climbing rose is Gertrude Jekyll, another good one. Our Mde. Isaac is definitely a climber but I've seen it called a shrub and that 'it can climb', so take your pick!! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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have been a bit overwhelemed by the bare garden and what worries me is
that there aren't many weeds!! You can have all my weeds, they are just waiting for you top collect them. |
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On 28/05/2013 17:51, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 28 May 2013 17:18:20 +0100, David Hill wrote: have been a bit overwhelemed by the bare garden and what worries me is that there aren't many weeds!! You can have all my weeds, they are just waiting for you top collect them. Pick your own weeds BOGOF Garden Banter introductory offer? This is not banter but a firm offer. |
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On 28/05/2013 17:18, David Hill wrote:
You can have all my weeds, they are just waiting for you top collect them. ah well, no, perhaps i should elucidate. i meant there aren't many weeds in the garden apart from the front where there's been weed suppressant and bark to cover columbine. I was a bit worried that if weeds don't grow then maybe the soil is really poor. -- Janet T. Amersham |
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On 28/05/2013 17:59, David Hill wrote:
This is not banter but a firm offer. Any firm that offers weeds for sale, i wouldn't trust david not one bit ! -- Janet T. Amersham |
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On 28/05/2013 18:14, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 28/05/2013 17:59, David Hill wrote: This is not banter but a firm offer. Any firm that offers weeds for sale, i wouldn't trust david not one bit ! Did I mention for sale? I said you could have them. |
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On 28/05/2013 18:27, David Hill wrote:
Did I mention for sale? I said you could have them. no such thing as a free lunch ............. -- Janet T. Amersham |
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On 28/05/2013 18:57, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 28/05/2013 18:27, David Hill wrote: Did I mention for sale? I said you could have them. no such thing as a free lunch ............. You must have a strange diet. |
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