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Combining flowering climbers
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Fences, walls, pergolas or rose arches are perfect supports for all sorts of climbers. Try growing different climbers in the same spot for extra effect and to enjoy an even longer flowering season in the garden.
Simultanuous flowering climbers
It is quit easy to grow different climbers on a fence, pergola or rose arch. This gives you the chance to enjoy extraordinary combinations of flowers in one place. The climbers can be selected on colour or shape for the most fabulous effects.
Longer flowering time in one place
Small gardens in particular need colour for as long as possible. By combining climbers with different flowering times, the fence or pergola can be flowering almost throughout the summer. A fence with a basic cover of climbing hydrangea can at the same time support an early flowering climber like clematis 'multi blue', a perpetual flowering climbing rose like 'New Dawn' and a passion flower.
Annual climbers
Annual climbers bring colour to your garden for many weeks and combine very well with other climbers. Lush tropical climbers can also grow in our gardens as annuals. Sow them in spring or purchase a plant for an entire summer of stunning flowers, often until well into autumn. Suitable plants are cups and saucers (Cobaea scandes), Ipomoas types, Sweet peas ( Lathyrus odoratus), Convovulvus tricolor 'blue ensign', thunbergia alata and tropeaolum.
Jazz up a dull shrub
Many shrubs only look interesting during their short flowering period and that is a shame, particularly in small gardens. By growing a colourful climber through the shrub the flowering period in this place is prolonged. Alternatively you can choose a climber that makes for a lovely combination of flowers. Do keep in mind however, that the shrub needs sufficient sunlight and prune the climber if necessary. A hedge can also serve as a climbing frame.
Winter jasmin (Jasminium nudiflorum)can often be found growing on walls and blooms with pretty yellow flowers. In summer the plant is less prominent but a combination of the clematis 'Nelly Moser' and 'Etoile de Malicorne' use it as a support and give it colour.
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