I never think of alpinas as the ones I planted some years ago, along with two montanas, all got frozen to death in heavy late March frosts and as they flower on old wood that's no good. They do have lovely flowers though.
Summer flowering clems do it on new season's stems so escape frost damage and their flowers would bridge the gap between pyracantha blossom and berries.
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I never think of alpinas as the ones I planted some years ago, along with two montanas, all got frozen to death in heavy late March frosts and as they flower on old wood that's no good. They do have lovely flowers though.
Summer flowering clems do it on new season's stems so escape frost damage and their flowers would bridge the gap between pyracantha blossom and berries.
They're tough as old boots in the UK Obelixx - it's your low continental temperatures that are the problem
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.