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Scented climbers

Davejohno1966Davejohno1966 Posts: 7
in Problem solving
Looking for scented climbers that will grow quickly and produce this year please
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Sweet peas.
  • Davejohno1966Davejohno1966 Posts: 7
    Thanks for that would it be ok to cover a arch
  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    edited May 2021
    No. Sweet peas are annuals, 6 feet at most. To cover something bigger you need a perennial. Clematis montana or armandii, montana is flowering now or soon, armandii later. Good luck!
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It depends on the size of the arch. You can grow sweet peas up both siides.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Clematis Montana isn't scented and flowers in Spring. Are you sheltered enough for Jasmine? Obviously, the star for scent is roses, but you need to choose the right one. @Malorena is the expert here.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Scented climbers for flowers this year, more than six foot in one season...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Clematis montana 'grandiflora' is scented ... but any montana would grow too big for most arches and has a short flowering season and looks pretty dull the rest of the time. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    edited May 2021
    Sweet peas would work I think they grow pretty tall. If it’s a sturdy arch you could buy roses in flower and put them in? 
  • Davejohno1966Davejohno1966 Posts: 7
    Got some sweet pea seeds got small children didnt want them to hurt themselves wanted something them smells good for them
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The lovely thing about growing sweet peas when you've got children is that they need picking virtually every day ... the more you pick the more they flower ... stop picking and they produce seeds and stop flowering ... so you give your children the job of running out there every day to pick the flowers and bring a posy in for a jamjar on the table ... lovely ... and you're creating a new generation of gardeners  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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