There's an evergreen relation of that one called 'Winter Surprise', It survived last winter in my garden and has started to cling to the wall. It's in a very shady position but I'm sure would be OK facing SE.
What about honeysuckle,they are easy to grow,smell beautiful and have red berries for the birds. Sorry, I forgot you are going to grow it in a pot,I don't think that would work for honeysuckle.
I've got an evergreen clematis in a pot- Pixie. Small leaves, similar to a chirrohsa, about 4' high & small cream coloured flowers in Spring. It's slightly tender apparently, but any dead bits in the spring get pruned away & it's fine. I wrap the pot by the end of October & pop a fleece jacket over it for the winter months. Mine in a south east position in the NWest. I do pull the pot up next to the house walls for the winter months.
It gets fed every spring & a replacement of the top bit of compost. I will repot evry 2-3yrs or so. J.
I mix up earth, rotted manure and compost for more substance and nourishment for the bottom and middle of the pot and fill the last few inches at the top with ordinary potting compost, so I don't get weeds.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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There's an evergreen relation of that one called 'Winter Surprise', It survived last winter in my garden and has started to cling to the wall. It's in a very shady position but I'm sure would be OK facing SE.
In the sticks near Peterborough
What about honeysuckle,they are easy to grow,smell beautiful and have red berries for the birds. Sorry, I forgot you are going to grow it in a pot,I don't think that would work for honeysuckle.
I've got an evergreen clematis in a pot- Pixie. Small leaves, similar to a chirrohsa, about 4' high & small cream coloured flowers in Spring. It's slightly tender apparently, but any dead bits in the spring get pruned away & it's fine. I wrap the pot by the end of October & pop a fleece jacket over it for the winter months. Mine in a south east position in the NWest. I do pull the pot up next to the house walls for the winter months.
It gets fed every spring & a replacement of the top bit of compost. I will repot evry 2-3yrs or so. J.
I think that Richard Picotee is beautiful, llove some seeds or a cutting, or even a plant
Bjay
Me too - it's gorgeous
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I mix up earth, rotted manure and compost for more substance and nourishment for the bottom and middle of the pot and fill the last few inches at the top with ordinary potting compost, so I don't get weeds.