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evergreen climber for trellis and shrub for planter
gr.phippard
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Hi folks,
Im building a big trellis at the front of my house and would like a climber (or 3) to fill it. I want it to be evergreen and flowering. It will be in full sun most of the day and the soil has a clay element ie. top soil over clay.
I'm also making a big planter (600l) and would like to grow an evergreen shrub (possibly which flowers) that will grow quite tall and strong without support.
I'm not much of a gardener and would appreciate some recommendations please.
Im building a big trellis at the front of my house and would like a climber (or 3) to fill it. I want it to be evergreen and flowering. It will be in full sun most of the day and the soil has a clay element ie. top soil over clay.
I'm also making a big planter (600l) and would like to grow an evergreen shrub (possibly which flowers) that will grow quite tall and strong without support.
I'm not much of a gardener and would appreciate some recommendations please.
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Also what size would you like the plant for the container to grow to in height and width.
And you would like something upright is okay, but do you want a rounded shape or maybe a cascading branch effect.
A little more of what you have in your minds eye would help to make choices.
Does it need to hide something and do you want to just water and feed and not have to touch it for pruning more than occasionally.
trellis will be 2.2m high x 8m
Height for the container plant to be about 2.5m and preferably something that would take on a rounded shape.
more helpful?
For climbers.
You could have a look at Trachelospermum jasminoides.
There is a white flowered one and I think a creamier one.
This is fairy hardy I think although our one takes on a reddish tint to the leaves when it is cold.
The flowers are small and scented . And the plant twines nicely once you give the stems a poke in the right direction.
You could also grow some easy clematis to give colour at the same time and , or early or later flowering ones to extend the color season as the Trach only flowers for a couple of months.
I use some viticella type clematis ( group three) that can be tidied easily once your Trach has taken hold. You just cut them back and pull the old stems away gently in the winter or spring to tidy it or them. They grow new flowering stems each year from the ground or low on cut back stems.
Also for winter "evergreen" some of the late winter to early spring clematis like the Cirrhosa types will give you some winter cheer.
But I would plant them separately and not mix so much with the Trach as the pruning can be a bit difficult timing wise.
With your extent of trellis you can have both.
Warning though that the winter flowering clematis can look like they are dying in August or September as it is their time to look nafff. But by October they usually start to look better.
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But you have plenty of trellis space to experiment. Good Luck.
Oh heck I made a giant image again.
Not a great photo but you can see the shiny narrow leaves of the Trachelospermum and white flowers, with a C. Gravetye and Buckland Beauty.
Another easy clematis viticella that grows well with violet purple flowers is easy to find Etoille violette and if you want a winey red Madame Julia Correvon
All group three.
It does look better usually I just got a bad timing snap for reference in my notes.
I think, for the best coverage of both foliage and flowers, your best bet would be a combination of evergreen and deciduous plants.