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Planting combination for front of house

FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
edited August 2021 in Plants
Sorry for all the questions / posts lately but I’m an indecisive person! 😂
Ive never used the pill feature so this is exciting also! 

Okay so, Ive a climbing rose 🌹 growing by my doorway and Id like to combine it with a clematis to climb through it and a hardy geranium to hide the feet. 

I have two combinations in mind (I already have the rose) and I’d like to know people’s thoughts. Here are pictures of the combinations to illustrate.
im really excited about going this - even though it will involve removing paving slabs 😶





thank you!!! 😄

Planting combination for front of house 15 votes

A. Clematis justa - alibaba rose - geranium Rozanne
66%
DovefromaboveTopbirdLoxleyDevonianmicearguersTulip18newbie77edhelkaTackgondor 10 votes
B. Clematis hagley hybrid - alibaba rose - geranium dreamland
33%
SuesynamancalledgeorgeElfermsqingxiaoHumblebea 5 votes
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I'm not a fan of purple and orange together. I would personally choose Alibaba with a pale cream clemitis and a pale cream geranium.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Thanks @Fire this is why I need advice! I’m not that experienced a gardener so it’s good to hear from others. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited August 2021
    It's just entirely down to personal taste. I would go with what you love. You have to see it every day, not me.  :D

    I guess one question is whether you would want the clems and roses to be flowering at the same time - as a big explosion of colour, or are going for a more continous flowering across the season.
  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    That is a good question… I had picked the clematis as later flowering in the hope they plug that gap while the rose is between flushes…
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    I agree, go with what you love. I’m growing Alibaba and I think it could easily be overwhelmed by the wrong clematis.

    I love the purple and orange combination, so I would probably grow the rose with clematis Westerplatte and geranium Jolly Jewel Purple.


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A. Clematis justa - alibaba rose - geranium Rozanne
    I prefer the first group. The blue blue (I see it as blue rather than purple)  accentuating the apricot (not orange to me). 
    They’re complementary colours and accentuate each other. 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9bbk2p/revision/7

    The second group are too similar in tone for me. 

    But neither are what I would choose. I’d probably go for a deep mauve clem  to go with that rose, and a silvery blue hosta like Hadspen’s  Blue. 

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





  • FfoxgloveFfoxglove Posts: 538
    Thanks @pitter-patter - I love alibaba … I think it’s my favourite climbing rose. Or joint first with ghislaine de feliginde… loving your combination too - it looks great! 
    Me of my reasons for choosing lighter colours is my house is in shade for the afternoon / evening and so I’ve found lighter colours pop more. 
     @Dovefromabove sounds like a beautiful combination for sure - thanks for the suggestion. 
  • ElferElfer Posts: 329
    edited August 2021
    B. Clematis hagley hybrid - alibaba rose - geranium dreamland
    I agree with @Fire soft colours such as cream and ivory would look nicer.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I'd go with an evergreen geranium, and a late flowering clematis - a viticella - or even a winter flowering one, like Jingle Bells 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Are you sure that you're an indecisive person? 😁

    I think A the blue/orange combination stands out as they're complementary colours as Dove mentions.
    B is nice, but the orangy/pink combo looks bland by comparison - to me.
    That said Hagley Hybrid is an excellent clematis

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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