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Something to grow up Camellia

Dirt DigglerDirt Diggler Posts: 2
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Hi folks
my first post on here, have had my 1st garden for 6 months and loving it
i inherited from the previous home owner a mature well established garden and it’s been great working out what it all is
there is a large Camellia and it was great In flower earlier in the year
i saw on Gardner’s world this year that Nick suggested growing plants up a Camellia to give it more interest (one was a red leaved plant) 

any ideas what this plant was or possible alternatives?

thanks 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I didn’t see it but that is something I would never do, enjoy the camellia, plant a climber up a trellis. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Richard HodsonRichard Hodson Posts: 790
  • Richard HodsonRichard Hodson Posts: 790
    Clematis mandshurica growing through a shrub rose, this is how clematis grow in the wild, through shrubs and trees, not plastered on a wall.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Ok on a Rose, not on a Camelia, not for me anyway. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I recommend Tropaeolum Speciosum, the Scottish Flame Flower. They need a little shade at the roots, but provided the soil is moist and more on the acidic side, they will scramble their way through the shrub and thrive. Just rip off or cut down in winter. 
  • Dirt DigglerDirt Diggler Posts: 2
    Thanks folks. Will have a think about what to do
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