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I have some early birthday money and I am off to the garden centre. I have no definite plan other than "Buy all the plants".
I have to be sensible though as the funds are not finite so I am thinking a really nice clematis for sun that hopefully won't be as pathetic as the clematis I planted in half shade before the tree was chopped down and a large pack of tall summer flowering bulbs for a sunny (well as sunny as you get in the UK) bed.
Recommendations for a really long flowering clematis would be great, clay soil, full sun, north facing.
I'm looking for something that flowers pretty much non stop from early to late summer - if there is such a thing!
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If not, could plant two together, one early flowering one late!
Also look at the alpina type clematis - they flower early and then give a second flush later on and many of them are happy in shady spots
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My favourites are Gazanias they flower all summer to Autum you can put them in group too if you like
Hi all, thanks for the advice, I have been and I got another hellebore rosy red colour as I love them so much.
Another winter jasmine as they look so wonderful in winter.
A euonymous Maricke which is really pretty, clematis montana Broughton - yes I know it wasn't what I asked for but the montanas you just have to admire their announcing of spring in such spectacular fashion and I can get some later flowering ones another time.
I definitely said to myself DEFINITELY no more roses so I came away with climbing rose Bridge of Sighs with a spectacular scent and the most fabulous peach flowers.
That's all well and good but now I have to plant them all
Which garden centre did you visit Lou? If you join the Hort society you get a 10% discount card for Paradise Park which they give you back as vouchers at the till. I've just been today and bought 5 little starter plants at £1 each but free with my vouchers.
I may even have seen you there Daryl, I was at Paradise Park. I'll remember that next time I go I'm planning on joining
It's blowing a gale out there, freezing and the ground is horrendous as the fence guy churned it all up but I have lots of compost and M-fungi so it should be ok.