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can anyone suggest a climber for a fence that comes back year after year i have checked gardening sites and they all have a limited amount i want to start them from seed i have 11 fence panels with a width of 7 & a half feet buying plants would prove costly i have checked the major gardening sites t&m etc but cant find what i am looking for .
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Consider the Everlasting Sweet Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) - not half as much bother as ordinary sweet peas - tough as old boots once they get going, and covered with flowers all summer. The only thing they don't have is the scent - but they have a lot of other things to recommend them http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3303338/How-to-grow-the-everlasting-pea.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know it's not from seed, but why not get a rambling rose? I grew a Paul's Himalayan musk, it grew to 12 ft and covered a 30 ft fence in 3 years
What about buying 2 or 3 clematis/honeysuckles and taking cuttings from them to grow on. A bit quicker than growing from seed and not as expensive as buying individual plants. Or even better, go round your friends and take cuttings from theirs!
I have had great success with the everlasting sweet pea.. For some reason I find they do best if previous years growth not cut back until March.
A A Milne