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Suggesting for a flowering climber

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jeanie99 Fri 14-Oct-22 20:12:19

I'm looking to add colour to the garden from September.
What I would like is a couple of flowering climbers growing on a trellis at the back of the border.
I already have in another area of the garden Clematis Montana which grows well and two variegated ivy climbers.
Reasonably quick grower which can be kept in check. I'm not young enough to be waiting years before a result.

NotSpaghetti Tue 25-Oct-22 08:13:09

Just found this:
Winter Flowering Clematis
www.sundaygardener.co.uk/winter-flowering-clematis

Nannytopsy Sat 22-Oct-22 10:32:47

I don’t know About Jingle Bells yet Notspaghetti This is the first time it’s flowered and it was almost dead in the summer, so that may affect this winter.

NotSpaghetti Sat 22-Oct-22 09:45:06

Sorry, I remember you asked about climbers, OP.

NotSpaghetti Sat 22-Oct-22 09:43:06

I have cyclamen in bloom at the moment and various "Christmas Roses"

NotSpaghetti Sat 22-Oct-22 09:42:00

Nannytopsy how late does your jinglebells flower please?

NotSpaghetti Sat 22-Oct-22 09:40:34

Does your cream freckles flower through to January/February (say) grannysyb?
Do you know the name please?

Patsy70 Sat 22-Oct-22 09:39:57

I would definitely go for one of the evergreen, winter flowering Clematis. I also have a Viburnum Bodnantense ‘Dawn’ (for my daughter) which looks beautiful against the fence. ?

grannysyb Sat 22-Oct-22 09:32:27

I have a cream version of clematis freckles, it's panted against a north facing wall, and is flowering now. There is trellis at the top of the wall and it flowers on both the north and south side.

Nannytopsy Fri 21-Oct-22 23:06:07

Clematis Jingle Bells. Mine is just starting to flower.

BigBertha1 Fri 21-Oct-22 22:22:56

Our honeysuckle is flowering now.

Luckygirl3 Fri 21-Oct-22 21:56:36

www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/trachelospermum-jasminoides/classid.2000042580/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsmaBhCvARIsAIbEbH5NUyWl4wxoPMmV6AbGwPdLkipE3ziV6vP9q_jNNswAWCibVUh2F-kaAgrzEALw_wcB

This is it. It just goes on and on flowering and is evergreen so the fence is covered all year round.

Luckygirl3 Fri 21-Oct-22 21:54:42

I have something that looks like a jasmine - but it does not smell and is called "something jasminoides" - it has been flowering since April.

NotSpaghetti Fri 21-Oct-22 21:34:58

lixy

Clematis 'freckles'?

Sorry, I see you have suggested this.

NotSpaghetti Fri 21-Oct-22 21:31:08

This was from another thread:

Me:
*Clematis cirrhosa Freckles
Does anyone have it? winter flowering*
Whitewavemark2
Yes I do. It is on a south facing wall and quite rampant. Have to prune well every year.

But gets visited by buff tailed bumbles all winter long and the local sparrows use it as cover - it is always full of them.

NotSpaghetti Fri 21-Oct-22 21:26:22

I'm looking at Clematis cirrhosa Freckles

It's winter flowering.

MaizieD Fri 21-Oct-22 21:15:14

Hetty58

I've trained a Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn' against a fence. It's pink flowers (on bare stems) in winter are delightful - and it's perfume amazing!

Not exactly a climber, of course, but the one I planted about 20 years ago is a good 10 feet high!

It is fantastic, it's just coming into flower now and will continuously produce pink flowers on its bare branches all the way through the winter until April. And, as Hetty58 says, the scent is lovely, and pervasive.

(The flowers can turn brown after a frost but it recovers really fast.)

Esmay Fri 21-Oct-22 21:03:16

I have a hydrangea petiolaris - an extremely reliable climber which was grown from a cutting .

Hetty58 Sun 16-Oct-22 22:05:44

I've trained a Viburnum × bodnantense 'Dawn' against a fence. It's pink flowers (on bare stems) in winter are delightful - and it's perfume amazing!

MayBee70 Sun 16-Oct-22 22:04:26

NannyPT

Passion flower. then of course you get the seeds of the fruit that are edible.

I had one that took over my whole garden ( including the washing line). I planted it many years ago and it didn’t grow, I returned home after a holiday and I literally had to fight my way into the garden! I’ve never known anything like it.

SpringyChicken Sun 16-Oct-22 21:45:42

There are several different winter flowering clematis (some have perfume).
Winter flowering jasmine easy to grow.

NannyPT Sun 16-Oct-22 21:36:29

Passion flower. then of course you get the seeds of the fruit that are edible.

jeanie99 Sun 16-Oct-22 19:24:18

Thank you everyone for your suggestions I'm looking into the plant requirements.

Casdon Sat 15-Oct-22 22:14:55

If you want something that will flower in the winter, try a Mahonia winter sun, lovely bright yellow flowers November-March, and evergreen. It’s a shrub rather than a climber, but will grow tall if you prune it.

MayBee70 Sat 15-Oct-22 22:00:08

My euonymus climbs up the fence and it’s a lovely yellow colour all year round.

MayBee70 Sat 15-Oct-22 21:58:54

Coolgran65

I've just put in a couple of pyracantha against my 6' wall. Not a flower but evergreen and full of orange berries all winter. Very hardy.

Just be careful when pruning it! It’s lethal. Great for the birds though and I love the orange berries.