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Hi,
We have got a new house last year and spent months removing ivy. Still some more to go but we are getting on top of it! The rear wall of the garden is now looking a bit bare and I would like some climbers to go on it.
The wall is north-west facing, sheltered from wind, about 8ft tall, 30-40ft wide. Soil is loam deepening to clayey loam after 1'6". Drainage is good. In theory the soil should be slightly alkaline (Gloucestershire) and hydrangeas are bright pink. However the rhododendrons are growing so maybe it is neutral. It currently has wisteria, honeysuckle, leycesteria formosa, hydrangea, rhododendrons and pyracantha growing on or just in front of it. As most of them are deciduous, it looks bare in winter.
I would like some evergreen climbers that will manage the NW aspect, grow relatively quickly and easily (would like to cover it within a few years if possible). I don't mind if they require pruning and training. Flowers would be a nice extra (preferably not pink) but mainly I would be growing for the foliage cover. I would probably grow a mix of plants.
I have discovered:
Berberidopsis corallina (Coral plant) - sounds a bit sensitive. Acid soil required?
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star jasmine) - ideally needs more sun?
Garrya elliptica - apparently this can be trained.
Clematis cirrhosa or cartmanii - needs more sun?
Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine)
Hydrangea seemannii (Climbing Hydrangea)
Clematis armandii - apparently will grow in the shaded position but with fewer flowers
Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine) - probably not evergreen enough
Honeysuckle - how reliably evergreen are the 'evergreen' varieties?
Solanum - semi-evergreen
Are there any others I should consider? Or does anyone have further information about the plants I have mentioned and whether they would suit the situation. Any advice would be great!
Randommoose
We have got a new house last year and spent months removing ivy. Still some more to go but we are getting on top of it! The rear wall of the garden is now looking a bit bare and I would like some climbers to go on it.
The wall is north-west facing, sheltered from wind, about 8ft tall, 30-40ft wide. Soil is loam deepening to clayey loam after 1'6". Drainage is good. In theory the soil should be slightly alkaline (Gloucestershire) and hydrangeas are bright pink. However the rhododendrons are growing so maybe it is neutral. It currently has wisteria, honeysuckle, leycesteria formosa, hydrangea, rhododendrons and pyracantha growing on or just in front of it. As most of them are deciduous, it looks bare in winter.
I would like some evergreen climbers that will manage the NW aspect, grow relatively quickly and easily (would like to cover it within a few years if possible). I don't mind if they require pruning and training. Flowers would be a nice extra (preferably not pink) but mainly I would be growing for the foliage cover. I would probably grow a mix of plants.
I have discovered:
Berberidopsis corallina (Coral plant) - sounds a bit sensitive. Acid soil required?
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star jasmine) - ideally needs more sun?
Garrya elliptica - apparently this can be trained.
Clematis cirrhosa or cartmanii - needs more sun?
Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine)
Hydrangea seemannii (Climbing Hydrangea)
Clematis armandii - apparently will grow in the shaded position but with fewer flowers
Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine) - probably not evergreen enough
Honeysuckle - how reliably evergreen are the 'evergreen' varieties?
Solanum - semi-evergreen
Are there any others I should consider? Or does anyone have further information about the plants I have mentioned and whether they would suit the situation. Any advice would be great!
Randommoose
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