I have an Etoile Violette growing over a metal arch abotut 3' wide and deep. It is gorgeous but more vigorous every year so I would recommend it for a wall or trellis where it can spread further.
Little Nell is more delicate in flower. Betty Corning is perfumed. Princess Diana is a lovely rich pink. Alba Luxurians has lovely flowers and more delicate looking foliage. Caerulea Luxurians is also lovely. Blue Angel aka Blekitny Atholl is lovely from front and back as it has a stripe on the reverse.
I found that Viennetta couldn't cope with my cold winters but Chrystal Fountain does.
Mrs Garden - I would separate them and put wires or wooden posts to join them at teh top. A friend of mine built this below for his garden. It's got a mix of roses and clematis scrambling up the posts and trained on wires between them with lavender at the base for extra bee magnetism and perfume. The photos show it in its first year of growth - June - after being planted up in spring.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Thanks obelisk. It looks great and would like to see how it gets on this year. On a more moderate scale I am going to have one arch by itself at the top of the garden path, leading to two joined as you suggest at the bottom (making a small pergola). One will have a pale pink rose called 'the generous gardener' with clematises blue eyes and Pamela jack man. the other I'm still deciding, maybe ceanothus or solarium, maybe more clematis.
I have the Generous Gradener growing across two 6' trellis panels and looking for more space and length. It is a very good rose which will easily cover the space between two of your arches as long as you give it wires or wooden horizontals between them for support.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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i have about 26 growing in my garden , mainly through mature shrubs and most in the pruning group 3
There are so many to suggest , but the main requirement of this climber is that It requires shade at the roots and it must be planted at about 3 inches below ground level. Feeding is important . I feed with bonemeal at the base of the plant in spring when buds are appearing, then apply a wet general purpose feed every 2 weeks up to the start of may.I then change this to a tomato feed from may
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I have an Etoile Violette growing over a metal arch abotut 3' wide and deep. It is gorgeous but more vigorous every year so I would recommend it for a wall or trellis where it can spread further.
Little Nell is more delicate in flower. Betty Corning is perfumed. Princess Diana is a lovely rich pink. Alba Luxurians has lovely flowers and more delicate looking foliage. Caerulea Luxurians is also lovely. Blue Angel aka Blekitny Atholl is lovely from front and back as it has a stripe on the reverse.
I found that Viennetta couldn't cope with my cold winters but Chrystal Fountain does.
Another good perfumed one is this - http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/new-clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=540 small flowers but you'll be able to see them, and smell them, close up on an arch.
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hi all my clematis have only one stem each is there a way to get more shoot from ground level or is it normal just to have one stem
thankyou all
To get more shoots it's a good idea to cut clematis right back to two or three nodes from the ground after flowering in it's first year
Lots of info here http://www.howellsonclematis.co.uk/Pages/Gnews8.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thankyou Dove i give that a go
Mrs Garden - I would separate them and put wires or wooden posts to join them at teh top. A friend of mine built this below for his garden. It's got a mix of roses and clematis scrambling up the posts and trained on wires between them with lavender at the base for extra bee magnetism and perfume. The photos show it in its first year of growth - June - after being planted up in spring.
Thanks obelisk. It looks great and would like to see how it gets on this year. On a more moderate scale I am going to have one arch by itself at the top of the garden path, leading to two joined as you suggest at the bottom (making a small pergola). One will have a pale pink rose called 'the generous gardener' with clematises blue eyes and Pamela jack man. the other I'm still deciding, maybe ceanothus or solarium, maybe more clematis.
I have the Generous Gradener growing across two 6' trellis panels and looking for more space and length. It is a very good rose which will easily cover the space between two of your arches as long as you give it wires or wooden horizontals between them for support.
I've got Pamela Jackman - it is the most gorgeous inky blue when it has the light behind it - perfect for a pergola
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Obelixx, how quickly does it grow, in other words how long before it will look great on the arch/es?
Dove - the light will be all around it. Again, how quickly will it grow?
I think I chose only quick growers but when I've looked at so many...(?)
Thanks both of you - I'm VERY excited!
i have about 26 growing in my garden , mainly through mature shrubs and most in the pruning group 3
There are so many to suggest , but the main requirement of this climber is that It requires shade at the roots and it must be planted at about 3 inches below ground level. Feeding is important . I feed with bonemeal at the base of the plant in spring when buds are appearing, then apply a wet general purpose feed every 2 weeks up to the start of may.I then change this to a tomato feed from may