I’m not sure if it’s the done thing to update one’s own threats, but here an couple of updated photos. I’m happy to say the creeper cam through all the demolition work unscathed. Very enjoyable area for morning coffee now.
Thank you, appreciate it. It’s now a lovely place to sit with the lovely scent of the roses and sweet peas and the green framework of the creeper. I will add some evergreen plants in-between the new planting for some all year round interest, it’s currently mainly annuals.
We planted the creeper decades ago thinking what a great plant to have for autumn colour. It took over and over and over. While we still love the colour in the autumn this is a plant that we regret ever planting.....and today found more shoots ready to take over.
Sorry to those who feel it is a great plant but not for us...now.
It does need management - our neighbour has one as well growing along the fence, I have a rose on my side. It’s a constant battle to stop it strangling the rose. I have learned to cut the shoots as often as I deadhead the roses, at least twice a week. That seem to keep it in check. I love it when it’s flowers and it is covered in bees 🐝.
Lovely @Watsonia - glad it worked so well for you. They do want to be big, but as long as you're able to manage it successfully, it will work for you. They're really best for a big house wall, but if you like it, and it's manageable, then it's worth carrying on.
Love your chairs too
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have one that was a donation from a neighbour after the demolition of her shed. Sound familiar? It's been in a tray/bucket for nearly two years and it likes it there apparently. Having seen your shed I am enthused now about swamping mine in VC however I'd love it over the gable wall of the house. My concern is damage to the render. What do you reckon @Fairygirl? House or shed? Believe it or not @watsonia I aspire to having a shed that looks like that. Mine is just awful! I love what you've got now though.
@plant pauper The shed looked lovely in summer, I’m also a big fan of the climbers over a shed look. This one was more looks than substance. It had a rotten floor, rats living beneath it and windows disintegrating. It also started to leak. Really not much choice than to take it down.
Also, the suckers from the climber did find their way in between gaps in the cladding, so I would be careful growing it over a shed. I now grow a tayberry alongside the other shed in the garden, and an annual cup and saucer plant across the back of it, still looks lovely but not so invasive.
Thanks for posting the 'after' pics @Watsonia - that's a lovey area you have created.
We had a VC coming from next door which clambered over our outhouse roof. I loved it but she didn't so she killed it. So sad.
Our outhouse is in a very decrepit state - rotten windows, a gap in the brickwork in the corner, but it is large and was built at the same time as the house (1850's) so of course any spare money (ha!) goes on the house. I think we are the only ones to still have all the outhouses in our row of 6 workman's cottages (mill workers, wheelwrights) so we wouldn't be pulling it down.
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They do want to be big, but as long as you're able to manage it successfully, it will work for you.
They're really best for a big house wall, but if you like it, and it's manageable, then it's worth carrying on.
Love your chairs too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Having seen your shed I am enthused now about swamping mine in VC however I'd love it over the gable wall of the house. My concern is damage to the render. What do you reckon @Fairygirl? House or shed?
Believe it or not @watsonia I aspire to having a shed that looks like that. Mine is just awful! I love what you've got now though.
I now grow a tayberry alongside the other shed in the garden, and an annual cup and saucer plant across the back of it, still looks lovely but not so invasive.
We had a VC coming from next door which clambered over our outhouse roof. I loved it but she didn't so she killed it. So sad.
Our outhouse is in a very decrepit state - rotten windows, a gap in the brickwork in the corner, but it is large and was built at the same time as the house (1850's) so of course any spare money (ha!) goes on the house. I think we are the only ones to still have all the outhouses in our row of 6 workman's cottages (mill workers, wheelwrights) so we wouldn't be pulling it down.