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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, poison ivy, trumpet creeper),
tendrils (see tendril), hook-tipped leaves (gloriosa
lily, rattan), or stipular thorns (catbrier). Some
climbing plants when not supported become trailing
plants (English ivy).
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Clematis |
| This popular climber will even
wind its way through a drab tree, poking vivid flowers between the
branches. There are so many varieties (at least 300) it is possible
to have a clematis in flower for most of the year.
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| Most clematis are deciduous,
the exception being the tender "armandii",
and "cirrhosa
balearica", a native of the Balearic islands;
these have attractive evergreen foliage and dainty flowers
which make an attractive feature in the winter garden. |
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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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Honeysuckle |
| The stunning honeysuckle
combine trumpet-shaped flowers from July to September
with a heady scent. In hot summers these are followed
by small, red berries. Handsome blue-green leaves
provide valuable all-year cover for a pergola or
boundary wall. An excellent and unusual climber for a
cottage-style garden.
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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
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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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