By Nana_d
Dorset, United Kingdom
Hi I have a space inbetween an camelia bush and a bleeding heart at the bottom of my garden where and old honeysuckle was but it was old and not doing anything I was thinking about buying a Campsis Radicon Flamenco to go against the fence my local nursery have them in stock they have been grafted and are in 2 litre pots and are about 3ft tall the spot is part sun and shade. Would this be a good plant to grow there it is £5.95 which I thought was a good price?? any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance:)
- 25 Jul, 2011
Answers
Hi Grandmage thanks for that I will get one I think and I have some trellis that I could use:)
25 Jul, 2011
It should look lovely! Not sure if they are hardy though?
25 Jul, 2011
How tall is your fence? These can get to thirty feet
25 Jul, 2011
And nearly as wide as that too - and they also like full sun - I'm assuming, as you've got Dicentra and Camellia there, it's probably shadyish.
25 Jul, 2011
There are clematis that prefer part shade - 'Nelly Moser' and 'Guernsey Cream' for example
25 Jul, 2011
Yes, Campsis needs good sunlight to flower. My Campsis 'Indian Summer' just started to flower and is lovely but took 3 years to get tall enough to flower!
26 Jul, 2011
Hi everyone thanks for your input .....Andrew can you give me a few ideas of other things I could put there instead of the campsis but with colour?? My Nelly Moser is on the same fence but the fence is only six foot and there is only about three foot gap between the camelia and the bleeding heart??
26 Jul, 2011
There are not many climbers that take shade - the whole point of the climber is to reach the sun on the backs of other plants. If the soil is dry, you could plant a sarcococca (Xmas box) - it is an evergreen shrub to about 4 or 5 feet, with small white flowers in February that scent the whole garden. If the soil is moist, you could try hydrangea paniculata - white flowers in July/August, pruning it back to within a bud of the old growth each spring
27 Jul, 2011
Thanks Andrew will have a look at both of those:)
27 Jul, 2011
Sounds good to me Nanad. it might need some support, ie. trellis or the like and it is a good price.
25 Jul, 2011