Trellis planter help needed please!
autumnglory
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I have a couple of questions about some planters I have in my garden.
I have two trellis planters which are made up of two troughs. There is a big trough about 1.2 metres long and a small cube shaped pot about 40cm long making up each planter. The trellis goes along the back of both pots making up each planter.
I'm planning on planting a clematis Picardy in one large trough and a Bee's Jubilee in the other, but I'm not sure what to put in the two smaller pots at the side. They're not big enough for another clematis. What do you think would look good next to them?
I'm also not sure how many plants I should put in each large planter. Is one enough or will I need two? Can I put anything else in the pot or should I just have the clematis on their own?
Thanks!
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....that sounds nice... a couple of Alpines or dwarf shrublets to partner each Clematis perhaps... and maybe a lavender in the smaller pots... something like that....
...be nice to see a photo sometime... when you've arranged it all...
I once put 2 clematis in a big trough planter, they were fine at first, Nelly Moser and Hagley Hybrid. But clematis are greedy plants and Nelly M grew a lot and HH died. I now have clematis with annual summer better planted under them and they get well fed and watered.
I think I'll just put the one plant in each then and maybe some oxalis either side. I'll put lavender in each small pot.
I wish the spring would hurry up, we've just moved house and our new garden is a blank canvas without a single plant! It's so boring!
Thanks!
Lovely, a blank canvas. Dont wait forvSpring, you will want to plant up tgen.
Spend this time marking out where you want your flower beds, shear off the turf and dig the ground over, the best thing for clumps of earth is frost, so do it now. Then when you can chop it down nice and fine, add loads of compost manure or whatever you can get, the sprinke chicken pellets over the area,
All nice and prepared then for your plants, which you can star to think about in your spare time!!!
Walk around your plot to find the natural pathways rather than impose paths which force you to walk an uncomfotable trail opr make wheeling the wheel barrow around impossible corners etc. Lay weed matting down to mark the paths. you can decide what kind of surface to put down later.
Clematis will grow in containers for a few years but they hate their roots being heated up, they like their feet in the shade and their heads in the sun.
My plan for tomorrow is to dig my borders Lyn! It doesn't need masses of work, the patio is lovely but I just can't wait to look out the window and see plants instead of turf, patio and fence!
My garden isn't very big so I'll only have a small lawn to mow once I've dug the borders. I've got my plan of what I'd like but I'm too impatient.