No. There are herbaceous clematis which scramble through other shrubs, and those are different from the usual climbing ones. The climbing ones will also scramble and grow through other shrubs, because they have something to attach to, but they won't climb fences without wires or trellis etc.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There are a few herbaceous non-clinging Clematis that will scramble through plants and would possibly push their way up the fence. I have two, one called Arabella and one called Aromatica (this one has a scent as its name suggests). Both are blue shades. Mine just crawl about in the border. There are plenty more kinds to look at.
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Clematis climb by using tendrils to wind round any support they can find, be it another plant or a trellis or wires or an obelisk. There are also non clinging types, as mentioned above, but they do need guiding into support plants and won't be able to grip on a fence.
Once you get past that little difficulty, there are hundreds of summer flowering clematis in many colours and sizes with bell shaped flowers or open flowers.
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No. There are herbaceous clematis which scramble through other shrubs, and those are different from the usual climbing ones. The climbing ones will also scramble and grow through other shrubs, because they have something to attach to, but they won't climb fences without wires or trellis etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There are a few herbaceous non-clinging Clematis that will scramble through plants and would possibly push their way up the fence. I have two, one called Arabella and one called Aromatica (this one has a scent as its name suggests). Both are blue shades. Mine just crawl about in the border. There are plenty more kinds to look at.
Last edited: 24 April 2017 21:01:18
Clematis climb by using tendrils to wind round any support they can find, be it another plant or a trellis or wires or an obelisk. There are also non clinging types, as mentioned above, but they do need guiding into support plants and won't be able to grip on a fence.
Once you get past that little difficulty, there are hundreds of summer flowering clematis in many colours and sizes with bell shaped flowers or open flowers.
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