Climbing Plants

Soleil D'Or is a very striking firethorn bush with loads of yellow berries in the autumn and winter. A very abundantly flowering shrub that will flower in May and June with scented white blossoms that will also attract lots of butterflies and bees.

'Soleil d'or' has thorns on the branches and makes a really rather splendid impenetrable hedge.

Characteristics

• Soil: Moist but well drained soil.
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Flowering Period: May to June
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average to Fast Growing
• Height & Spread: 3m x 3m
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Pyracantha cocc. 'Red Column' is an evergreen medium-sized shrub with a wide upright, bushy shape. It is a sturdy thorny shrub with glossy, medium-green to dark oval leaves. Blooming profusely from May to June with small white clusters of flowers, followed later by bright red berries.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Shrub
• Colour: White, Red, Green
• Height: H 3m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: May to June
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Lonicera Red World is ideal for coastal areas, cottage gardens, walls and perfect for trailing along an arch. Red World has all year-round colour with green leaves that are bronze tinged in the winter.

It is an evergreen to semi evergreen vigorous climbing honeysuckle with beautiful clusters of red buds opening to white flowers with a reddish pink colour on the outside with a strong fragrance.

Characteristics

• Soil: Moist but well drained soil.
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Flowering Period: May to June
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average to Fast Growing
• Height & Spread: 6m x 1.5m
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Common name: Dutch Honeysuckle

'Belgica' is a deliciously scented, vigorous deciduous climber with paired ovate leaves and fragrant red-flushed white flowers, ageing to yellow, in early summer, followed by red berries.

This honeysuckle will happily cover walls, fences or pergolas for a striking floral display. Its glorious scent is strongest at night, so plant it near a house window where the heady perfume will drift in on warm evenings.

Characteristics

• Soil: Moist but well drained soil.
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Flowering Period: May to June
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Average to Fast Growing
• Height & Spread: 7m x 1m
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Pyracantha 'Orange Glow' is a large, strong-growing, spiny evergreen shrub of upright habit, with oblong, glossy dark green leaves. Clusters of small, white flowers in early summer are followed by long-lasting, bright orange berries.

Characteristics:

• Type: Bushy Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Orange
• Max. Height & Spread: H 1.5 - 2.5m x S 1.5 - 2.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Early Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Parthenocissus quinquefolia is a vigorous large deciduous climber. Leaves with five ovare leaflets, turning brught red and orange in autumn. Flowers inconspicuous, berries blue-black.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Orange, Red
• Height & Spread: H 12m x S 4-8m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre, 4 Canes

'Halliana' is a vigorous twining large evergreen climber with ovate, dark green leaves. Its flowers are white but turn buff-yellow. Highly-fragrant with glossy, black berries.

Newly planted honeysuckles should be cut back by up to two thirds in their first year in early spring. The resulting new growth can then be tied onto a frame, and then nipped back when they reach the desired height.

Characteristics:

• Type: Semi-Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Yellow, White
• Height & Spread: H 10m x S 2m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: April to August
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre (4 Canes)

Trachelospermum jasminoides, also known as 'Star Jasmine', is a vigorous, medium-sized, evergreen climber with glossy dark green leaves on wiry, twinning stems. Clusters of fragrant, white flowers are produced from mid to late summer.

This plant thrives in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soils and is ideally suited beside a wall or fence to create a more natural look.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Green Foilage with White Flowers
• Height & Spread: H 9m x S 3m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (Needs Winter Protection)
• Flowers: June to August
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre, 3 Canes

'Pink Showers' is a frost hardy, evergreen climber with trailing stems bearing leathery, glossy, narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and terminal clusters of fragrant, star-shaped, light pink flowers in summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Green Foilage with Pink Flowers
• Height & Spread: H 4-8m x S 4-8m
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Aromatica' is a highly scented summer flowering clematis usually blooming in July to October. Admire the unusual deep violet blooms with prominent pale yellow stamens as the plant trails prettily through borders.

Plant in a moisture-retentive, well-drained soil. Keep the base of the plant and roots cool and shaded by other plants or a layer of pebbles or flat stones at the base. Plant with the crown of the clematis at soil level. Mulch in late winter with garden compost.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Purple
• Height & Spread: H 2.5m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Early Summer - Mid Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Armandii' is a very attractive, large, vigorous evergreen climber with leathery, dark glossy green trifoliate leaves up to 15cm long.

Fragrant, four-petalled, star-shaped white flowers appear in early spring and the new leaves are bronze-tinted. Plant near a doorway to enjoy the scent, and give it plenty of room to spread out.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Cream-White
• Height & Spread: H 4-8m x S 2.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring
• Position: Full Sun

'Queen Mother' is a deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, from early summer to mid-autumn, small, nodding, bell-shaped, reddish-pink to purple-pink flowers with paler, recurved petal tips.

Plant this clematis in a moisture-retentive, well-drained soil with the roots and base of the plant kept cool and shaded by other plants or a layer of pebble at the base.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Red,Pink
• Height & Spread: H 2.5 - 4m x S 1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Mid-Summer to Mid-Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

'Fragrant Spring' is a tall climber with bronze leaves and scented flowers, 6-8cm across, composed of four pink sepals and pale yellow-green stamens, in early summer this clematis will attract bees to your garden.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Conifer
• Colour: Brown Foilage with Light Pink Flowers
• Height & Spread: H 8-12m x S 2.5-4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre, 4 Canes

'Snowdrift' is a vigorous evergreen clematis which produces a profusion of sweetly scented, star-shaped white flowers from March to April. The glossy mid-green leaves are retained throughout the year, making it an excellent climber for clothing an unsightly wall.

Warning: Toxic to dogs if eaten.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: White
• Height & Spread: H 5m x S 3m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (Needs Winter Protection)
• Flowers: March to April
• Position: Full Sun

Clematis montana wilsonii is a deciduous climber with green leaves and starry flowers that appear later than other varieties of this species. The flowers are white with greeny-cream stamens and have a scent reminiscent of chocolate.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: White
• Height & Spread: H 8 - 12m x S 2.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring & Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade

'Honbeni' is a large, strong growing deciduous climber with twinning stems of great beauty. It produces masses of long drooping clusters, packed with pea-like, pale rose flowers tipped with purple

Blooming from the base of each cluster to the tip, they appear in late spring or early summer along with the leaves. The flowers are followed by attractive, bean-like pods, which ripen in late summer and persist into winter.

Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society winner.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Green Foilage with Pink & Purple Flowers
• Height & Spread: H 8m x S 4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Late Spring to Mid Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre, 4 Canes

'Lansdowne Gem' is a large, evergreen climber with toothed, mid-green leaves, flushed bronze in winter, and in mid- to late winter, open bell-shaped, deep red flowers, paler on the reverse.

Plant in a warm, sheltered position in fertile, well-drained, ideally chalky soils. In cold areas, grow in a container and overwinter indoors .

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Dark-Red
• Height & Spread: H 6m x S 2m
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy (Tender in Frost)
• Flowers: Winter
• Position: Full Sun

Passiflora 'Purple Haze' is a semi-evergreen, tendril climber bearing large, fragrant, showy pale purple flowers with a darker purple centre. Flowers from early summer to early autumn. Plant in fulll sun or partial shade in moist, well-drained soil with shelter from cold.

This climber looks good for obelisks, walls or fences or through large shrubs or trees.

Characteristics:

• Colour: Violet-Blue
• Height & Spread: H 7m x S 3m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy (Needs Winter Protection)
• Flowers: July to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre