csn anyone please advise where I can buy a decent planter to go on our patio? I want decent depth for clematis roots to grow. It is to grow up a trellis for year round cover - and to hide a wall.
If you can't actually find anything, you could be a bit inventive and disguise the likes of a dustbin perhaps ? A nicely painted wood surround to match the trellis would be one idea. The first consideration is the container to suit your C. armandii and then think how to make it look good. Hope you manage as that C variety is certainly worth having
@Hostafan1@Lizzie27 - ah right, just wanted a fast growing evergreen climber, and we have an armandii in the ground in another part of garden that’s done fab 🙂
Clematis like to send their roots down deep to search for nutrients and moisture so, whilst I might try a small one in a pot, I would never consider growing an armandii or a montana in a pot. You'd need to water and feed it generously and constantly for it to be happy.
You could also think about pyracantha which is a wall shrub that can be tied in to supports. It's evergreen, has spring blossom with nectar for insects then colourful berries in autumn which birds love. It provides shelter for insects and birds too. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?form-mode=true&query=pyracantha
You'd still need a big pot and good quality compost - John Innes no 3 mixed with up to 20% multi-purpose compost and annual top ups of fertiliser. It will also be entirely dependent on you for water as rainfall won't be enough because both the wall and the plant will make a rain shadow.
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The problem with vigorous climbers [or any other type of plant] is that they don't take kindly to being restrained. While in some cases, it simply stops them being so vigorous, and helps to keep them at a more manageable size, with others - they just don't thrive at all.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
fizzyliz said: @Hostafan1@Lizzie27 - ah right, just wanted a fast growing evergreen climber, and we have an armandii in the ground in another part of garden that’s done fab 🙂
@Obelixx thank you so much 😊 I have a very small star Jasmine in ground up another trellis elsewhere but it’s hardly grown in a year 🙊 it’s lovely though… maybe I could see if I could find a large well established one from somewhere? It’s on a south/south-west facing wall where I wanted a bit of wall cover 😊
I’d not thought of pyracantha on a trellis! We have some in the hedge we created - spikes but provide lots of interest and the birds have loved the abundant berries for such small hedging plants as they started out. So thanks for that idea!
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The first consideration is the container to suit your C. armandii and then think how to make it look good.
Hope you manage as that C variety is certainly worth having
@philippasmith2 what a fantastic idea!! I’d have never thought of that 😀 thank you!
@Plantminded thanks 😊 I’ll take a look at Crocus
@Hostafan1 @Lizzie27 - ah right, just wanted a fast growing evergreen climber, and we have an armandii in the ground in another part of garden that’s done fab 🙂
You don't say where you are or how big the wall is but if you're not too exposed and cold in winter you could try one of the trachelospermum jasminoides -
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?form-mode=true&query=trachelospermum jasminoides - check each link for size and hardiness.
You could also think about pyracantha which is a wall shrub that can be tied in to supports. It's evergreen, has spring blossom with nectar for insects then colourful berries in autumn which birds love. It provides shelter for insects and birds too.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/search-results?form-mode=true&query=pyracantha
You'd still need a big pot and good quality compost - John Innes no 3 mixed with up to 20% multi-purpose compost and annual top ups of fertiliser. It will also be entirely dependent on you for water as rainfall won't be enough because both the wall and the plant will make a rain shadow.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’d not thought of pyracantha on a trellis! We have some in the hedge we created - spikes but provide lots of interest and the birds have loved the abundant berries for such small hedging plants as they started out. So thanks for that idea!
And thanks for the soil tips too 👍