Some of my limited range of containers @smileja85BHxUmG0F. The Box is nearly 20 years old and has been repotted and severely root pruned without any harm. Only suitable if your location is free of Box blight and caterpillars. The climber on the obelisk is Thunbergia, but it's in full sun.
@smileja85BHxUmG0F Only a thought but will suggest it anyway, doesn't fit the brief. Could you put two identical pots either side of the window. When I say pots I mean BIG probably expensive pots. When you purchase them try to find a 6/7ft obelisk to fit the pot. You need to do this all at once to make sure the obelisk is the right size. An expensive option but if they are really large they will give instant drama and anyone interested at helping themselves to them will have a very bad back in the process! Not all climbers are happy on an obelisk, some do have trellis which helps plants to climb. Also corten steel pots can cause rusrt marks on paving, worth knowing.
I have pruned Garrya in the past [ it is hardy] a mature plant about 12ft tall. I needed a garden saw to do it. This will give you some idea how big the root must be to support a climber of that size.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Many years ago I planted a Garrya elliptica on the north-facing gable end of a bungalow where it thrived happily for over 20 years. I did not think it was particularly tender. Apart from trimming it back to keep it fairly flat against the wall, it had no care or attention. The only criticism I had was the falling catkins did make a mess on the concrete drive but the display of them when the tree was in full flower more than made up for the mess. May I suggest you forget about greenery of any kind growing along the path at the end of the house? It is only just pedestrian-wide, and you have a large container next to the front door where you can grow annuals, giving you the chance to experiment with colour schemes and choice of plants. I think your hopes of growing climbers in containers will only lead you to disappointment and spending a lot of money. Sadly, property developers allocate the minimum amount of land they can get away with to each house with no serious thought to gardens and plants. When house hunting in Bracknell when it was being built as an overspill town to London the houses were given pocket handkerchief-sized plots where nothing could be sensibly grown. Horrible. It is natural for an excited new homeowner to want to put your stamp on your plot but being a good gardener means putting the welfare of any plants first. There is nothing more disheartening than planning, buying plants, planting them, and then seeing them die because they are unhappy. I assume you have a back garden where there may be enough room to grow some plants, I hope so. One possibility would be to have containers and grow smaller growing plants with the view they are expendable and will need to be replaced in 5/8 years if they have not already died.
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An expensive option but if they are really large they will give instant drama and anyone interested at helping themselves to them will have a very bad back in the process!
Not all climbers are happy on an obelisk, some do have trellis which helps plants to climb. Also corten steel pots can cause rusrt marks on paving, worth knowing.
I have pruned Garrya in the past [ it is hardy] a mature plant about 12ft tall. I needed a garden saw to do it. This will give you some idea how big the root must be to support a climber of that size.
May I suggest you forget about greenery of any kind growing along the path at the end of the house? It is only just pedestrian-wide, and you have a large container next to the front door where you can grow annuals, giving you the chance to experiment with colour schemes and choice of plants. I think your hopes of growing climbers in containers will only lead you to disappointment and spending a lot of money.
Sadly, property developers allocate the minimum amount of land they can get away with to each house with no serious thought to gardens and plants. When house hunting in Bracknell when it was being built as an overspill town to London the houses were given pocket handkerchief-sized plots where nothing could be sensibly grown. Horrible.
It is natural for an excited new homeowner to want to put your stamp on your plot but being a good gardener means putting the welfare of any plants first. There is nothing more disheartening than planning, buying plants, planting them, and then seeing them die because they are unhappy. I assume you have a back garden where there may be enough room to grow some plants, I hope so.
One possibility would be to have containers and grow smaller growing plants with the view they are expendable and will need to be replaced in 5/8 years if they have not already died.