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Container plants if I like clematis.....

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Sunshinenow · 18/05/2014 20:33

I have a tiny tiny courtyard garden.....

I have grown clematis on all the walls for a bit of privacy. I now have four empty pots / containers.

What can I put in them that will look lovely, will grow fast and I can't kill.

Sun and partial sun.....

I am not a gardener s and google is hopeless. I am not sure what my search tema are... Quck and non kill able!

Please help. Had new paving laid and I want to be beautiful....

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PotteringAlong · 18/05/2014 20:34

Dwarf rhododendron - nearly impossible to kill :)

PotteringAlong · 18/05/2014 20:36

How about mint in one for a lovely smell? Or a lavender?

Sunshinenow · 18/05/2014 22:30

Oops, was on the garden digging holes! Thanks, I will look these up.

I am a plant murderer usually!

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TheSteveMilliband · 18/05/2014 22:41

Hydrangea could be good too, showy flowers and tolerates a bit of shade well

Fishandjam · 18/05/2014 22:44

Spotty laurel (Aucuba japonica). Tough as the proverbial. Many hate it but I love it in a green-themed garden.

LadyGardenersQuestionTime · 18/05/2014 22:45

A mixture of the bedding plants available at b&q, homebase etc at the moment, planted in multipurpose compost and watered regularly. It's designed to,last till the frosts then die anyway so you only have to keep it alive for six months or so and it's pretty indestructible. In the autumn there will be different ones to buy. They all have pictures of what they'll look like and instructions to give you an idea of how many per pot. Leave enough space at the top of the pot for you to be able to water them properly.

Sunshinenow · 18/05/2014 22:46

Am googling now.

I've turned it into quite a nice little area. Some plants will finish off lovely.

Any that will flower this summer. Or am I too late?

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TheSteveMilliband · 18/05/2014 23:29

Hydrangea should flower this year. I I am after a white mop head type which can be grown in a container. I always thought of them as quite old fashioned but after seeing deep pink blooms on holiday in France outside everyone's front doors was won over. Have a pink one which flowered first year and has nice foliage too.

canny1234 · 19/05/2014 14:44

Scented Nemesia.I have big pale blue pots with tall pale pink scented Nemesia.Its scented beautifully,and it is a perennial so will come back next year.Also available in various shades of blue and white.This winter was so mild the Nemesia carried on flowering for most of it.Alternatively I have large terracotta pots filled with scented Violas and Diamontina Clematis growing up an ornamental obelisk.I leave them all winter and then feed with fertiliser in the spring.Another idea is scented Pelargoniums, which smell gorgeous when you brush against them.

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