climber for in a container against a wall

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• K67 Posts: 2,506

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  Depends on the size of your pot and how much sun but a lot of roses will grow that tall but they do need a good size pot.
  Clematis some are short but neither will give you all year round colour if that's what you mean.

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• edhelka Posts: 2,351

  July 2020

  Clematis cartmanii 'Fragrant Oberon' is the only one I can think of that somewhat fits. Evergreen, fragrant and relatively small. But it flowers early, not for long and the flowers aren't exactly colourful.
  

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• Inglezinho Posts: 568

  July 2020

  The main problem growing climbers in pots agaianst a south wall is that invariably the soil gets very hot, so NOT clematis. My suggestion: Blue Passion Flower ( Passiflora coerulea), hardy in all but the coldest winters. If you really do want clematis, shade the pot (not the plant)  with other plants. Good luck.

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• katieb.home Posts: 9

  July 2020

  Thanks for the suggestions.  Living in South Wales we have to consider conditions.  Haven't had much luck with passionflowers to date.  We have clematis elsewhere in garden but quite bare in winter.  What about Wisteria?
  
  

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• K67 Posts: 2,506

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  Wisteria not really suitable for a pot, also bare in winter and certainly needs space to spread.
  Bay trees are popular as are small conifers or clipped box.
  Some grasses are evergreen, Sarcoccoa is evergreen with scented winter flowers but would take a while to reach a good height.
  Or have 2 containers and plant seasonal plants, bulbs, etc and plant the other up with annuals to grow for summer then swap them over. I used to have 3 window boxes in various stages of growth ready to put out when in full bloom. If your container is too heavy or expensive to have 2 you could put a cheap pot inside 

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• Butterfly66 Posts: 970

  July 2020

  Wisteria won’t be happy in a pot and unless trained as a standard rather than a climber is far to big. 4-6 feet is really quite small for most climbers, patio clematis aside. How about cotoneaster horizontalis - small pretty flowers then red berries. Loses its leaves but the herringbone branch structure is attractive - it’s quite tough so should cope with being in a pot?
  

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• Joyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933

  July 2020

  For colour all year round in a hot dry pot think Mediteranean plants which hold their leaves all year. Not sure about fragrant flowers but lots have fragrant foliage. Sage, Rosemary etc. I am not sure there is such a plant in existance which has fragrant flowers, evergreen and all year interest. Plants are like us, they need rest periods, food and water. Even evergreen plants have to drop their leaves periodically, usually just after flowering.
  Tracleospermum jasminoides, climber, evergreen, delicious scent but drops lots of its leaves just before flowering. The leaves tend to change colour to scarlet, then drop off. The bush looks as if it is dying, then the new shoots come followed by the jasmine like flowers. It would need to be pruned back regularly as it can grow very tall.

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  July 2020 edited July 2020

  Not a climber, but a small shrub, Myrtus communis ss: 'tarentina' may work.  It is relatively slow growing with small evergreen scented leaves and white star-shaped flowers over several weeks in summer and can be trained/pruned to shape/size.

  https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/59207/i-Myrtus-communis-i-subsp-i-tarentina-i/Details
  

  I have one growing in a raised bed by my south-facing front door, a traditional place to plant them:

  http://www.manorfarmherbs.co.uk/herbinfo/myrtle
  

  
  
  

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