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buddleia stump
I have a dead buddleia stump about 4ft high with cut off sticky out branches on it. I don't want to dig it out because gas and water pipes run under that part of the garden. I would like to use it as a sort of trellis/obelisk. Can anyone suggest a smallish climber that doesn't mind hot (sometimes!) south facing situation . I had a rose there for a while the buddleia was alive and a bit after but it died because I didn't water it.
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I'd sow some nasturtium seed (trailing type) around the stump each spring (after the last frost). They'll sprawl all over it and look glorious and you won't have to do a thing
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good idea dove.never heard of your suggestions jo. Just going to Google them.
Are you sure it's dead? It will regrow if it isn't!
They're quite shallow rooted though, if you want to try and get it out. I moved one last year, which had obviously been there for a very long time as the main trunks were substantial, but the root system wasn't too hefty. I used a thick branch from it as a support for an apple tree. I now have a new buddleia growing with the apple
If you can get some nourishment in the soil behind the stump, you could also try a few sweet peas. They'll grow up towards the sunnier side and tumble down.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As a doornail fairy and for a few years! It was the weedy one that seeded in a good place and looked ok so I left it. It's passing was therefore not a tragedy!Daren't dig it out because of gas and water pipes.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Scottish Flame Flower or Flame Nasturtium (Tropaeolum specious) is gorgeous.
just had a Google , Pug. it's lovely isn't it?
Yes,I've only recently seen it in a friends garden and I love it, fantastic flowers and leaves and very good climber, apparently it's expensive to buy and sometimes takes a while to come into flower. I've been told you can't just dig up a clump and seed isn't always easy but I'm going to give it a go!
Has anyone any experience of dividing or growing from seed???
Not sure why I've never grown it - perhaps not had the right location because of it's colour - but I might try it in the shady back corner of this garden where it can grow out into the south facing back boundary up above the cotoneaster.
We call it Flame Thrower up here...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I might be going to have the perfect spot for it after the tree comes down ... does anyone know if it gets attacked by the Cabbage Whites like other tropaeolum/ae?
.... oh, and this one looks gorgeous too https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=4607 Anyone grown it?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.