Some Euonymuses (Euonymi??) climb better than others. 'Silver Queen' is a good climber, but I don't think 'Blondy' is... though I might be wrong, it's 3 years since I retired from the garden centre now!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I had a good old look at all the labels, Blondy climbs and spreads, some of them don't care for shade much, this one likes shade. I spent about 3 hours looking at all of them and trying to decide :-D
I probably will get one in every colour gradually :-)
My last fence on the left hand side of the garden was once just an 80 foot length of ivy shaped like a fence. The fence had long rotted underneath. It was not pretty and spiders as big as my hand lived in it! The stems were as thick as my arm.
I like ivy in pots, I am cultivating one in a pot at the moment to cover the end of an unslightly wall. If it's in a pot at least it's manageable.
My daughter lives in the west of Ireland, where people seem to have a "thing" about breeze block garden walls with ivy growing up... most depressing. They've just moved into a newly built house with... breezeblock garden walls, though at least they've been rendered. They're not planting ivy, I'm happy to say, but are intending to train a cooking plum or Morello cherry up their NW facing wall.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Just as an addition to what's already been said Lou - if the shade is also dry shade, you'll need to be vigilant with watering to get anything established. A good dollop of rotted manure mixed in, and a mulch afterwards will help retain moisture too.
I agree with Liri though - S. Queen climbs but I don't think Blondie does - or not very quickly anyway.
Does it really have to be evergreen? You'll have more scope if you have a few evergreen shrubs with some perennials (or low growing evergreens)on the floor and a mix of things like clematis as the 'height'.
Re the hydrangeas - the usual Petiolaris isn't evergreen but Seemanii is, although I don't think it's as hardy as Petiolaris. I don't think they're suitable candidates for your site though - they look best in a big space where they can show off their flowers - like a house wall.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks Fairygirl, I've got it nicely sorted now. Blondy won't be massive but it will be big enough and I'm training some of the honeysuckle over this way to cover the top of the fence.
Liriodendron, don't even go there! It is a hideous breezeblock wall but it's too low and in very deep shade so really difficult to grow anything up. I have a nice delicate ivy in a pot but I'm quite strict with the pruning :-)
I have got some seedling I think they are a type of Clerodendron, I think they seeded from next door, they are really fast growing, if we can dig some out youre welcome to them as well. If you can train Honeysuckle could you try training the dog please!
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Some Euonymuses (Euonymi??) climb better than others. 'Silver Queen' is a good climber, but I don't think 'Blondy' is... though I might be wrong, it's 3 years since I retired from the garden centre now!
I had a good old look at all the labels, Blondy climbs and spreads, some of them don't care for shade much, this one likes shade. I spent about 3 hours looking at all of them and trying to decide :-D
I wanted one in every colour :-)
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Get one in every colour, oh and what about Ivy!!!!!!!!!!!
I probably will get one in every colour gradually :-)
My last fence on the left hand side of the garden was once just an 80 foot length of ivy shaped like a fence. The fence had long rotted underneath. It was not pretty and spiders as big as my hand lived in it! The stems were as thick as my arm.
I like ivy in pots, I am cultivating one in a pot at the moment to cover the end of an unslightly wall. If it's in a pot at least it's manageable.
My daughter lives in the west of Ireland, where people seem to have a "thing" about breeze block garden walls with ivy growing up... most depressing. They've just moved into a newly built house with... breezeblock garden walls, though at least they've been rendered. They're not planting ivy, I'm happy to say, but are intending to train a cooking plum or Morello cherry up their NW facing wall.
Just as an addition to what's already been said Lou - if the shade is also dry shade, you'll need to be vigilant with watering to get anything established. A good dollop of rotted manure mixed in, and a mulch afterwards will help retain moisture too.
I agree with Liri though - S. Queen climbs but I don't think Blondie does - or not very quickly anyway.
Does it really have to be evergreen? You'll have more scope if you have a few evergreen shrubs with some perennials (or low growing evergreens)on the floor and a mix of things like clematis as the 'height'.
Re the hydrangeas - the usual Petiolaris isn't evergreen but Seemanii is, although I don't think it's as hardy as Petiolaris. I don't think they're suitable candidates for your site though - they look best in a big space where they can show off their flowers - like a house wall.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks Fairygirl, I've got it nicely sorted now. Blondy won't be massive but it will be big enough and I'm training some of the honeysuckle over this way to cover the top of the fence.
Liriodendron, don't even go there! It is a hideous breezeblock wall but it's too low and in very deep shade so really difficult to grow anything up. I have a nice delicate ivy in a pot but I'm quite strict with the pruning :-)
I have got some seedling I think they are a type of Clerodendron, I think they seeded from next door, they are really fast growing, if we can dig some out youre welcome to them as well. If you can train Honeysuckle could you try training the dog please!