Climbing Plants

Abelia grandiflora 'Lady Liberty' is a compact, upright, bushy, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub bearing ovate, glossy, shallowly toothed, dark green leaves with golden-yellow margins, flushed pink in winter. Panicles of fragrant, funnel-shaped, white to pale pink flowers bloom from late summer into autumn.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Glossy Abelia
• Type: Semi-Evergreen Climber
• Colour: White to Pale Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer and Autumn
• Position: Full Sun

Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii' is a vigorous, fast-growing, deciduous climber boasting ovate or three-lobed, rich lustrous deep green leaves which turn brilliant shades of crimson, scarlet and burgundy in autumn.

Winner of the Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society', this climber performs best in full sun to partial shade in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Boston Ivy
• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Deep-Green, Red/Purple in Autumn
• Height & Spread: H-20m x S-10m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Rate of Growth: Fast-growing
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Cissus striata is a slender, vigorous, tendril-forming, evergreen climber with leathery, glossy, palmate, dark green leaves and clusters of green flowers in summer followed by glossy black fruit.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Ivy of Uruguay
• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: Green
• Max. Height & Spread: H-10m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Tender in Frost
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 3 Litre

Clematis alpina produces small, bell-shaped, mid-blue spring flowers with creamy-white centres, followed by fluffy seed-heads and mid-green leaves. This early spring flowering clematis is ideal for a north or east facing site.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Mid-Blue
• Height & Spread: H 3m x S 1.5m
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Flowers: April to May
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre S-Pot

Clematis 'Dr Ruppel' is a deciduous climbing shrub. It has large, rose-pink flowers, darker towards the centre, fading to pale violet at the edges, with cream stamens. Flowers appear in late spring to early summer and may be followed by a second flush in late summer.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Rose-Pink
• Height & Spread: H 2.5m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: May to June and September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre

Clematis 'Fascination' is a deciduous, non-clinging, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, throughout summer, nodding, urn-shaped, lightly fragrant, purple flower with paler, recurved petal tips.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1.5m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Clematis 'Hagley Hybrid' is a compact deciduous climber with masses of single shell-pink flowers 10-15cm across, with deep-red anthers, and opening from the middle of summer to early autumn.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2.5m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer to Autumn
• Position: Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25L

Clematis 'Helsingborg' is a mid-sized, deciduous climber with narrow bright-green leaflets. In spring it bears small, deep violet-blue flowers with four petals and cream stamens.

Characteristtics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Violet Blue
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2.5m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre S-Pot

Clematis 'Jackmanii' is a beautiful deciduous climber which gets covered with a profusion of velvety dark purple flowers, fading to violet over time contrasting with the greenish-cream anthers.

Blooming from early to late summer, this vigorous and extremely floriferous clematis boasts an Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Purple
• Height & Spread: H 3m x S 1m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: July to September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre

Clematis 'Jan Fopma' is a deciduous, perennial climber with pinnate, dark green leaves and, from mid- to late summer, small, nodding, bell-shaped, dark reddish-purple flowers with paler petal margins and recurved petal tips.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Red-Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-1.5m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer & Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Clematis 'Jan Paul II' is a magnificent large-flowered variety producing an abundance of creamy-white flowers with a pale pink stripe down the centre of each tepal and a large bouquet of spidery red stamens.

Flowers first in late spring to mid-summer, then again in early autumn. This clematis is ideal for arbors, trellises, pergolas and other garden structures. 'Jan Paul II' thrives in moist, well-drained soils in partial shade.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: White
• Height & Spread: H-3.6m x S-1m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: Spring to Summer and Autumn
• Position: Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre

Clematis 'Noora' is a deciduous climber with velvety-purple flowers. Its yellow anthers form a decorative contrast to the rich flower colour.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Velvet-Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2m x S-0.9m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: June - September
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre (S-pot)

Clematis 'Pernille' is a deciduous climber with mid-green leaves. Single white flowers appear with puple margins and veining, purple stames. flowering from early summer into autumn.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Clematis
• Colour: White and Purple
• Max. Height & Spread: H-2.5m x S-1.5m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Summer and Autumn
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre

'The President' is one of the most popular Clematis'. It is a deciduous vine covered in a profusion of large star-shaped flowers in shades of rich violet-blue with 8 overlapping sepals that are silver beneath.

Boasting a prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society, this Clematis blooms in late spring to early summer and again from late summer to early autumn. Plant in moist, well-drained soils in full sun or partial shade.

Characteristics:

• Type: Deciduous Climber
• Colour: Violet-Blue
• Height & Spread: H 2.5m x S 0.9m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: June to September
• Position: Full Sun
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Award winnig 'Apple Blossom' is a very large climber with masses of delightful, almond-scented flowers and a splendid foilage. Opening from nearly red buds, the single flowers gradually fade from pale pink to white as they mature.

Vigorous and quick growing, this early-flowering clematis is perfect for covering a wall, trellis, fence or pergola. Plant it where you will be able to enjoy its perfume like near a doorway, along a path or near your patio.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climber
• Colour: White, Pale-Pink
• Height & Spread: H 5m x S 3m
• Hardiness: Frost Hardy
• Flowers: March to April
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2.25 Litre

Clematis montana 'Marjorie' is a vigorous and unusual climber with dark-green divided leaves, tinged purple when young, and masses of double, creamy pink flowers in late spring.

Characteristics:

• Common Name: Himalayan Clematis
• Type: Deciduous Clematis, Climber
• Colour: Creamy Pink
• Max. Height & Spread: H-6m x S-4m
• Hardiness: Hardy
• Flowers: Late Spring
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Hedera helix 'Goldchild' is an evergreen climber with self-clinging stems bearing variegated leaves, light green with bright yellow margins when young, grey-green with pale yellow margins when mature.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergreen Climbers
• Colour: Variegated
• Height & Spread: H 3m x S 3m
• Hardiness: Half-Hardy
• Flowers: October and November
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre

Hedera helix 'Goldheart' is a wonderful evergreen climber with lustrous, glossy dark green leaves with impressive, bright golden-yellow centres and tapering edges. In the autumn, it bears clusters of small, yellowish-green flowers followed by attractive, spherical black fruit.

Characteristics:

• Type: Evergren Climber
• Colour: Gold/Variegated
• Max. Height & Spread: H-8m x S-5m
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Flowers: October & November
• Position: Full Sun or Partial Shade
• Pot Size: 2 Litre