evergreen climbers for a mild, afternoon sun fence
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:46 pm
I have new border space to fill up after the storms took my blowaway greenhouse.
I'm going to plant a basjoo in the border and I'm looking to cover the fence behind it. It's quite sheltered, being between a brick shed wall (and close to the house wall) and an evergreen (?) buddleia.
The fence is SW-facing and the buddleia blocks some light so it doesn't get much sun until around midday, maybe 11am for the parts closer to the house, and may get more sun in the summer. After that it gets full afternoon sun. Of course the basjoo will cast some shade on the fence once it's grown enough.
I'm looking for something evergreen, ideally flowering at odd times of year to provide year-round interest.The spot is mild and I'd like to take advantage of that and plant something unusual and tender-ish.
One idea is the Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom' I got yesterday, it's still potted and wanting to be planted. But I'd like to have a lush mixture of intermingling vines with various kinds of foliage and flowers at different seasons.
The fence (i.e. different sections of it) already has Rhodichitons, 2 kinds of Pandorea jasminoides, Eccremocarpus scaber, Clematis cirrhosa 'Freckles', Clematis 'Winter Beauty', variegated Abutilon megapotamicum and several types of Passiflora.
Any ideas welcome
I'm going to plant a basjoo in the border and I'm looking to cover the fence behind it. It's quite sheltered, being between a brick shed wall (and close to the house wall) and an evergreen (?) buddleia.
The fence is SW-facing and the buddleia blocks some light so it doesn't get much sun until around midday, maybe 11am for the parts closer to the house, and may get more sun in the summer. After that it gets full afternoon sun. Of course the basjoo will cast some shade on the fence once it's grown enough.
I'm looking for something evergreen, ideally flowering at odd times of year to provide year-round interest.The spot is mild and I'd like to take advantage of that and plant something unusual and tender-ish.
One idea is the Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom' I got yesterday, it's still potted and wanting to be planted. But I'd like to have a lush mixture of intermingling vines with various kinds of foliage and flowers at different seasons.
The fence (i.e. different sections of it) already has Rhodichitons, 2 kinds of Pandorea jasminoides, Eccremocarpus scaber, Clematis cirrhosa 'Freckles', Clematis 'Winter Beauty', variegated Abutilon megapotamicum and several types of Passiflora.
Any ideas welcome