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 Plant list: Climbers
Climbers do exactly that. In nature, it's a means of getting to the light, using something else as a support. In the garden, climbers are great because they introduce another vertical element to the overall look.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa 'Golden Showers' |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2m x 2.2m (7ft x 7ft) |
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There are as many climbing roses as there are shrubby roses, but this is one of the best. It is an upright climber, and can be pruned to be a shrub. It produces a profusion of double flowers that are a full 10cm (4in) across.
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| Latin name: | | Jasminum officinale |
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| Common name: | | Jasmine |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 12m x indefinite (39ft x indefinite) |
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A semi-evergreen, woody stemmed climber grown for clusters of small, star-shaped flowers that smell just divine. Worth keeping in check as it can get rampant. 'Aureum' has bright green leaves irregularly splashed with yellow.
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| Latin name: | | Lonicera periclymenum |
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| Common name: | | Honeysuckle |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White and yellow |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 7m x indefinite (23ft x indefinite) |
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A deciduous, woody stemmed climber with oval leaves. The flowers are tubular and flushed with pink and red. 'Graham Thomas' has flowers that are white when in bud, then open to reveal yellow. Keep in check otherwise it can become rampant. Keep well watered to avoid mildew.
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| Latin name: | | Parthenocissus tricuspidata |
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| Common name: | | Boston ivy |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | N/A |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy green |
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| Height and spread: | | 12m to 18m x indefinite (39ft to 59ft x indefinite) |
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A very vigorous, deciduous, woody stemmed climber. The leaves, up to 20cm (8in) across, turn a rich crimson to bright scarlet in autumn. On a large scale, such as against a wall, this is a stunning sight.
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| Latin name: | | Clematis 'Helsingborg' |
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| Common name: | | Alpina group clematis |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Violet |
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| Leaf colour: | | Mid- green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 1.5m (10ft x 5ft) |
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Throughout April it is hung with nodding, violet-blue flowers. These are followed later in the year by attractive whiskery seed-heads.
Like all early-flowering clematis, it needs little pruning other than the removal of any dead or damaged growth after flowering.
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