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MightyMouth
29th July 2009, 18:13
Am putting this

http://www.roselocator.com/rose_locator/roses/old_climber/674_city_of_york.php

Alternated with this

http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/climbers/clematis/large-flowering/classid.891/

So the theory is that the long fence at the front will have the rose (which is a repeat flowering rambler) starting off the season with white....then the Jacmanii will kick in and I will have the white and purple and then the rose dies away and the Jacmanii keeps flowering to end the year with just purple. That way it should flower most of the year. Yes? Or no?
wendy
29th July 2009, 18:22
very nice
i love clematis but find roses hard work (green fly and cutting back)
I'm sure it wont be a problem for a country lass
MightyMouth
29th July 2009, 18:26
I am not really a gardener but this fence needs covering!!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/Fireblade49/fence002.jpg

I am hoping that the rose, because it is a rambler of the old type, won't need too much work!
wendy
29th July 2009, 18:28
oh my god how many plants are you going to need?
i think you might need a second mortgage
MightyMouth
29th July 2009, 18:39
A few? :045:
Theresa
29th July 2009, 18:41
Not a scooby what flowers when just wanted to say...Ooooh pretty flowers :053:
Nessie
29th July 2009, 18:53
I'm with you theresa- i gave my pal a lovely boxed sunflower to plant in memory of her dog who died at the weekend - turned out it was a crysanthimum or summit!! It's the thought that counts!!!

but they look lovely colours MM!!!
Meerkat
29th July 2009, 18:59
ooo think it'll look lovely
jean
29th July 2009, 19:07
very pretty.. I have honeysuckle as well as I love the smell in the evenings and it flowers when my clematis has past.
Kimberley
29th July 2009, 20:08
Your rose will have to be attached to the fence, rambler of climber,they are not a vine type plant, the clematis will naturally vine itself to the fence, personally I would look for vine type plants that will screen the fence, with just a few roses in between. The honeysuckle, whisteria & sweet pea's are vines.
MightyMouth
29th July 2009, 20:23
It is small square mesh so I will do what I did in the last house and thread the roses through I think. I like the idea of threading honeysuckle too.
Meerkat
29th July 2009, 20:29
mmm i like honeysuckle too :075:
jean
29th July 2009, 21:33
Ive got perennial sweet peas too in white pink and a purpley lavender they don't smell like sweet pea annuals do but what flowers they have. they die away every winter but are going mad right now. really bonnie. theyd be nice mixed in with the others.:053:
lisalh
29th July 2009, 22:08
The flowering russian vines are great for covering fences and nee next to no maintenance- I used to have them and sweet pea and honeysuckle all down the side of the last barrack block I lived in and the girls and I loved to sit out in the evening as was v v private and smelled great
Tanya
29th July 2009, 22:51
Have you looked at Rosa rugosa? They form good hedging and are pretty hardy....

http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/garden_hedging/cluster_colourama_hedging/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/11434.shtml
Kimberley
29th July 2009, 23:58
We are turning into right little Percy Throwup's :059:
MightyMouth
30th July 2009, 08:08
I was just thinking that!!

My Dad used to call him Percy Throwup too lmao xx
Theresa
30th July 2009, 08:44
Ooooh Ive heard Nasturtiums are good....they even self seed and will come back in mild climate :045::045::045::045:
MightyMouth
30th July 2009, 08:46
I just knew the word Nasturtiums would be in there somewhere :064:
Rats and Dogs
30th July 2009, 08:54
I was just thinking that!!

My Dad used to call him Percy Throwup too lmao xx
Your Dad's getting the blame for a lot of things these days! :045:
Rats and Dogs
30th July 2009, 08:55
Ooooh Ive heard Nasturtiums are good....they even self seed and will come back in mild climate :045::045::045::045:
Yes, sounds like her fence has aspersions to be summat it's not! :045:
Theresa
30th July 2009, 08:57
Yes, sounds like her fence has aspersions to be summat it's not! :045:

Oh Dear God I have never laughed as much before 9am as I am doing this morning :046::046::046::046::046:
MightyMouth
30th July 2009, 08:58
Me neither!! Thank you xx:053:
Fluffy
30th July 2009, 09:59
They will look gawwjuss together:046: passion flower is another beauty,they ramble on forever lol...blimey sceryl,that does look beautiful,the kid looks lost there lol,,who is it? xxx
MightyMouth
30th July 2009, 10:12
Baby Lyla....xx
Rats and Dogs
30th July 2009, 12:27
passion flower is another beauty,they ramble on forever lol...
Sounds like some people that I know, no names mentioned...:045: