On 15/4/05 15:33, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| If the OP can get hold
| of Holboellia, that's evergreen and scented and depending on where he
lives,
| hardy down to -5 or a little lower.

Mine takes -8 without flinching, but it loses its buds every year
because of late frosts. The shoots regrow, but the flowers don't.
My guess is that, as a non-flowering plant, it might be able to
take quite a lot lower. As a flowering one, I doubt that it could
handle even -5 after (say) January.

Ours seems okay with -5 or -6 and we get most frosts in January. But maybe
position has a lot to do with it. It's on a north facing trellis but
alongside a path with a large greenhouse either side of it, so there must be
a fair degree of shelter.
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I have an east-facing wall at the end of my garden which is about five
metres wide and two metres tall. On top of it is a metal fence of a
sort of grill construction which is itself another two metres high.
Behind all that is a hideous block of flats resembling a gulag. The
plan is to grow some climbers to block the view through the fence. I'm
going to put some vine eyes and wires onto the wall and I think the
fence should be ideal to take climbers. The only question is what to
plant.

I'm reckoning on planting five climbers along the base of the wall. Is
it OK to mix and match? I was thinking of two plants of the same sort
of ivy (ideally fast-growing and variagated) to provide year-round
screening, unless you have any other suggestions for evergreens? Then
perhaps two climbing roses and a honeysuckle for a bit of interest.
What do you think?


Clematis Armandii for winter leaves and earliest flowers
Honeysuckle
Winter Jasmine
Euonymus ( yes it does climb mine is 3 metres high up a wall )
Clemais Montana .......more contollable than Russian vine
Pretty white and green small leaved ivy not the other forms
Summer Jasmine .....pretty little pink flowers

with that mix you will have colour and cover most of the year

your could add Nasturtians , Ipomeas etc for annual colour

Many thanks for all the advice - I've noted it all down and I'm off to
the garden centre.

Similar situation, but a south west facing shed.
Approx 3m wide, 2m high.
I want color for as long as possible, how many clematis will it take (will it take 3, ie armandii, an early and a late.

Any suggestiions on which ones ( i just look at the flowers)

In article ,
gasdoctor wrote:

Similar situation, but a south west facing shed.
Approx 3m wide, 2m high.
I want color for as long as possible, how many clematis will it take
(will it take 3, ie armandii, an early and a late.

Any suggestiions on which ones ( i just look at the flowers)
That size isn't enough for armandii and anything else - anyway, armandii
is itself an early clematis. I would go for C. alpina (much smaller,
and can be pruned more easily), perhaps a C. x jackmanni and Campsis
x taglibuana. While the last doesn't flower for long, it is spectacular
(and latish summer).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Thanks.
I was looking at armandi (snowdrift) as its evergreen, and the others for color.
Someone had suggested that clematis could be grown together amongst each other.

Cheers

Ed

In article ,
gasdoctor wrote:

I was looking at armandi (snowdrift) as its evergreen, and the others
for color.
Someone had suggested that clematis could be grown together amongst
each other.

Well, yes, but it will main pruning a real pain - and you will have to
prune if you plant things as vigorous as C. armandii in 3m x 2m. It
isn't the MOST vigorous, but isn't like C. alpina.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

That makes sense, thanks.

Ed