| Climbing
plants may clamber over a support (climbing rose), twine
up a slender support (hop, honeysuckle), or grasp the
support by special processes such as adventitious aerial
roots (English ivy),
tendrils (sweet peas), hook-tipped leaves (gloriosa
lily), or stipular thorns (catbrier). Some
climbing plants when not supported become trailing
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Clematis |
| This popular climber will
wind its way through a drab tree, poking vivid flowers between the
branches. There are many varieties (300+) it is possible
to have a clematis in flower for most of the year. Most clematis are deciduous,
the exception being the tender "armandii",
and "cirrhosa
balearica", these have attractive evergreen foliage. |
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Wisteria |
| Wisteria's
are beautiful deciduous climbers with lovely fragrance
and spectacular hanging flowers. |
| The twining stems
grow in a clockwise manner, keep this in mind when
training as a lot of energy can be wasted by the
plant when trying to undo itself from a
anticlockwise direction. |
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Passion
Flowers |
| Passion
flowers, despite their tropical and delicate appearance
are tough at heart, and easy to grow. They are actually
hardy plants that freeze in Winter but grow back
annually. |
| Flowering from Summer to early Autumn, Passion
flowers produce masses of blooms two to three inches
(5-10cms) wide. |
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Honeysuckle |
| The fragrant
Honeysuckle creates a striking effect creeping and
climbing wherever you plant it. Plant and train them
up against a structure or trellis to give an abundance
of colour. |
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honeysuckle in sunny or semi shaded sites in any
moist, well drained soil. |
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Jasmine |
| Jasmine is a
wonderfully fragrant climber everyone should have in
their garden. There are now a variety of cultivars
available, winter flowering, summer flowering,
evergreen, deciduous, you are sure to find one that
suits your needs. Jasmine
make excellent climbers for planters and containers
enabling you to move them close for their beautiful
scent. |
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Climbing
Roses |
| Ideal for
training up virtually any structure be it an Arch,
Obelisk, Pergola, around a cottage' front door, a wall,
fence or just a simple trellis, even through trees these
varieties will be clothed in bloom. You just can't beat
them for the vibrance of colour, scent and sheer number
of blooms through out the season. |
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