@Shauna2021 do you have other honeysuckle, and if so do they get mildew? The rhs says it can be a potential problem, but yeah if the leaves are different it might fare differently
@Cambridgerose12 how wet does your ground get? My issue is it can get quite wet as well and I think the wet clay mixed with cold has been the main culprit of plant deaths in my garden.
@athelas that indeed does look wonderful! Maybe it would survive better in my garden than I think. I just worry because i had a jasminum in the place where I want the plant which died over this winter. I know theyre completely different plants, just want to take as few risks as possible. Mind you my local garden centre does offer a lifetime guarantee on hardy perennials!
@Busy-Lizzie I would love it just didn’t have the confidence that it would survive, so many places say shelter from cold winds and not to plant it in clay. But the comments from the others are giving me more hope!
I think it would definitely be worth a try with Trachelospermum—you can buy them relatively cheaply. Otherwise, mildew in my experience has affected Lonicera periclymenum and L. japonica, but not ‘Copper Beauty’, or L. alseuosmoides, which is also evergreen. I don’t remember ’Copper Beauty’ having much of a scent though?
@Cambridgerose12 Yes I think I may just go for it with the trachelospermum. I can always take cuttings I guess to ensure I have spares. That’s good to hear with the honeysuckle regarding the mildew. Maybe @Shauna2021 could confirm how fragrant it is? I do have another, shady wall which it may like. Thanks
I had a Clematis armandii. But it is difficult to keep tidy. Very difficult. Mr OCD has now binned it. I have though recently learnt thro' this forum how to deal with it.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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@athelas that indeed does look wonderful! Maybe it would survive better in my garden than I think. I just worry because i had a jasminum in the place where I want the plant which died over this winter. I know theyre completely different plants, just want to take as few risks as possible. Mind you my local garden centre does offer a lifetime guarantee on hardy perennials!
@Busy-Lizzie I would love it just didn’t have the confidence that it would survive, so many places say shelter from cold winds and not to plant it in clay. But the comments from the others are giving me more hope!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."