"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 😊 "
No climber is 'instant' - apart from annuals. Unless there's something wrong with how and where it's planted, and how it's being cared for, it will take several years to gain maturity. It also depends what you mean by 'small'.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@fizzyliz, here's another option for you to consider, a climbing miniature rose which will reward you with bright orange flowers for most of the year. (It does give an instant impression!)
Trachelopermum can be slow growing if it doesn't get enough sun and heat which could why yours hasn't done too well. Pyracantha puts on a very good show of flowers which attract bees and insects and then the birds love the berries! The plants can be quite messy though with flower and berry drop and they are also thorny so unsuitable if small children are around. (The rose is also thorny!) Good luck in your search!
@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 🙂
I suppose I was concentrating more on the container problem than the plant so my fault. I would agree that you should re think the C armandii particularly as you have one which is doing well in situ. I've only ever grown this one in the ground but, as you have discovered, it is a beauty
@fizzyliz, you could have a look at another winter flowering clematis if it's a warm south facing wall - clematis cirrhosa 'Freckles' or Wisley Cream'. Both have AGMs. You would have to install wires on the wall so hopefully it's yours? It would still need a lot of watering but my ' Freckles' is quite vigorous and it's gorgeous in the winter - it's flowering its socks off right now.
Back to containers - have you got any reclamation yards/antique markets near you? I've seen water tanks used as containers (growing massive olive trees in one example) and some of the more "garden orientated" antique places have big ali baba style pots. As suggested further up, Clematis Cirrhosa might work as long as its really sheltered; small downside though is they occasionally have dormant period in the hottest part of summer and suddenly look tatty, drop leaves etc.
Armandi isn't a thug. It is a great everygreen clematis planted in the right place and the correct conditions. Ours this year is the best for many years.
We can prune it back and it still comes back. A great evergreen plant to have in you garden but not in a container.
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@Fairygirl thanks, I will steer clear of planting the clematis armandii in a pot 👍
No climber is 'instant' - apart from annuals. Unless there's something wrong with how and where it's planted, and how it's being cared for, it will take several years to gain maturity. It also depends what you mean by 'small'.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Trachelopermum can be slow growing if it doesn't get enough sun and heat which could why yours hasn't done too well. Pyracantha puts on a very good show of flowers which attract bees and insects and then the birds love the berries! The plants can be quite messy though with flower and berry drop and they are also thorny so unsuitable if small children are around. (The rose is also thorny!) Good luck in your search!
I would agree that you should re think the C armandii particularly as you have one which is doing well in situ.
I've only ever grown this one in the ground but, as you have discovered, it is a beauty
Thanks @philippasmith2 and it sure is a beauty! Mine (in the ground on north wall) is looking lovely now! Bees on it yesterday! Will send a pic!
As suggested further up, Clematis Cirrhosa might work as long as its really sheltered; small downside though is they occasionally have dormant period in the hottest part of summer and suddenly look tatty, drop leaves etc.