I'm sure you can buy something ready made, janer - but in any case, try and get something substantial in size for the honeysuckles. Anything in a pot is more dependent than it would be in the ground, as it's food and water source is more limited. They need plenty of room and moisture at the roots to give you the desired effect at the top, otherwise they'll never be as good as they should.
They're really more suited to scrambling over structures - like a shed for instance - or up and over a pergola, rather than trained against a wall. They're not as well behaved and 'tidy' as most other climbers.
There are plenty of clematis which will grow in pots and they need a support to climb on, so they're ideal for using with trellis on a wall. I think you already have a few of those as you posted on another thread earlier
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've just started trying to repot the one in the second photo - you weren't wrong about it being too big for the pot! The entire pot is just roots basically. I'm going to need to get my husband to help taking it out. Poor old plant.
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I'm afraid that's definitely entirely beyond my capacity! I'm assuming you can buy such things pre-made, though....?
I'd like something on the trellis, these were here when we moved in, so it seems to make sense to me to try and keep them if I can.
I'm sure you can buy something ready made, janer - but in any case, try and get something substantial in size for the honeysuckles. Anything in a pot is more dependent than it would be in the ground, as it's food and water source is more limited. They need plenty of room and moisture at the roots to give you the desired effect at the top, otherwise they'll never be as good as they should.
They're really more suited to scrambling over structures - like a shed for instance - or up and over a pergola, rather than trained against a wall. They're not as well behaved and 'tidy' as most other climbers.
There are plenty of clematis which will grow in pots and they need a support to climb on, so they're ideal for using with trellis on a wall. I think you already have a few of those as you posted on another thread earlier
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I do, yup.
Hmmm. ok. I could actually move these to the shed, so will give that some thought! thanks.
I've just started trying to repot the one in the second photo - you weren't wrong about it being too big for the pot! The entire pot is just roots basically. I'm going to need to get my husband to help taking it out. Poor old plant.
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