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Clematis Armandii growing up over my greenhouse roof

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Clematis Armandii growing up over my greenhouse roof



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A beautiful clematis this and yours looks very happy Arlene! I once had C. armandii growing up the front of the house and forgot to prune it 2 years running, so had the usual clematis thing of all the flowers at the top with no scent at 'nose height' !!

30 Mar, 2009

 

Wow! How lovely.

30 Mar, 2009

 

Very beautiful Arlene. I have one of these and I can't believe the rate at which it grows. I'm forever pinching out the growing tips.

30 Mar, 2009

 

~It's going to get a repot and I will need to line the new pot with polystyrene so that the roots don't get too hot~I am hoping it will give me some natural shade in the greenhouse as it is south facing and can get very hot in the summer~not last year of course! but hopefully this year!

30 Mar, 2009

 

I hope so Arlene. Long hot summer days in the garden. Can't think of anything better.
I'm surprised you have it a pot though.

30 Mar, 2009

 

Does growing it in a pot stop it being so rampant? Lovely photo.

30 Mar, 2009

 

~it probably does~ but it is going into a much bigger pot so will let you know how it goes next year!
There are lots of steps in my garden as we are on a slope and it currently resides on the steps up to my greenhouse!
~I know this firm who can supply up to 220 litre pots but I have no intention of it getting that big ~I want a bit of shade not Sleeping Beauty's impenetratable hedge! I would like to see my greenhouse!~it will look nice next year hopefully!

30 Mar, 2009

 

I'm sure it will look lovely.

31 Mar, 2009

 

Very impressive Arlene..we lost ours to hard frosts ! : (

31 Mar, 2009

 

~sorry about that BB~ I know how you feel~I think that I have lost about 100 different varieties of fuchsia that I bought late last year~very sad!

31 Mar, 2009

amy
Amy
 

I,ve just bought one I hope it dosn,t succumb to the frost ... : (

1 Apr, 2009

 

~fuchsias Amy?don't leave it uncovered if it is going to be frosty~hopefully we won't have any but you can get some fleece~a plastic bell cloche or inside over night for the next few weeks~

1 Apr, 2009



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