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What to plant in front of this wall?

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Specflow77 · 25/02/2022 12:38

See pics.

Trying to cover up ugly fences (missing one is being replaced by neighbour - the wall is mine).

It gets sun until about 2pm then shade. Needs to be evergreen with flowers in summer.

Ideas I have are a couple of David Austin roses (Adelaide d'orleans and generous gardener) and another apple blossom clematis to go with the young one on the right of pic. Any better ideas?

Would I need to create a thin border on front of wall or would it look ok with no border and just the climbers planted in the grass?

Would it look poor with nothing in front of the climbers? I could create a bit deeper border and just have a couple of smaller shrubs in front of them. If so what would work?

Btw tending towards white, pink, violet, purples as a general colour scheme but open to other colours that compliment this.

Thanks

What to plant in front of this wall?
What to plant in front of this wall?
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Specflow77 · 25/02/2022 12:43

btw it's just the bit to the left of the trampoline up to the existing border.

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Mykittensmittens · 25/02/2022 12:51

Climbing hydrangea - lacey white flowers all summer with glossy dark green leaves?

Specflow77 · 25/02/2022 12:57

Thanks Mykitten, I planted a young one of those last year just at the back of the shrubs in the main border - it's barely grown but I understand the first 2 years are slow. Btw, on the hydrangea topic, it had some leaves in the summer/autumn last year but they dropped off in the winter and I see buds on it now. Does that mean it won't be evergreen - it was labeled as Hydrangea petiolaris - i thought it was evergreen.

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Mykittensmittens · 25/02/2022 13:03

Mine is the same variety and deciduous too. However at my last house I had one that stayed leafed all year - I think it was just down to the spot.

The other nice climber I have is an Australian bluebell - very pretty tiny blue flowers and evergreen - this is not a good photo so worth a google!

www.thompson-morgan.com/p/sollya-heterophylla/t10023TM

Susu49 · 25/02/2022 13:10

Star Jasmine! Smells amazing www.rhs.org.uk/plants/18287/trachelospermum-jasminoides/details

Specflow77 · 25/02/2022 13:39

Thanks, yes, seems like the bluebell (Sollya heterophylla) grow to 1.8 m - I need 4 meters really.

Like the hydrangea, Got a couple of star jasmine planted at back of main border but still too small to appear in picture.

Guess my Hydrangea will be deciduous then, that's a shame. It gets a bit of wind running along that back wall so may be another reason.

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Oatsamazing · 25/02/2022 13:59

You could try a small pleached tree. Cherry laurel, Holm oak and magnolia grandiflora are all evergreen and work as pleached trees.

DontBeMean · 25/02/2022 14:17

I wouldn't cover the wall. It's lovely. I'd put some posts in and put up trellisabove the wall. I'd plant a pretty fast growing clematis and some evergreen jasmine. The jasmine takes a lot longer to grow but it's such a great shrub when it's established. The clematis will shoot up and cover the trellis quickly.

Greenhillfaraway · 25/02/2022 21:53

If you want a shrub, you could try www.rhsplants.co.uk/plants/_/magnolia-fairy-magnolia-white-micjur05-pbr/classid.2000020883/ I’ve seen other websites say the white version will get to 4m but the Pink is shorter.

Clematis Armandii might be worth a punt although it might not like the wind.

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