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Climber for a cotoneaster
Kieran Wood
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Hi all I have a huge cotoneaster in my garden I want to plant something that will make it a bit more interesting and something that will grow quickly and flower for a long time preferably with a fantastic scent that will fill my small garden. It's too big to remove and the area the new plant will be planted is quite shady at the roots
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Clematis jumps to mind Kieran, you could plant two different varieties and by the time the cotoneaster is in berry, the clematis will have died back. There are quite a few scented types.
I have honeysuckle growing through some of mine I think it would be okay so long as the stems have some sun.
what sort of cotoneaster is it? one of the tree like ones or a wall hugger or something else?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Don't try to plant your climber directly against the cotoneaster - plant it a few feet away and train it towards the shrub.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.