Posted by NC on February 22, 2006, 1:55 am
>The wall is your neighbours? If I were him, I'd *insist* you planted a
> football deterrent!
:)
But its a detatched garage wall - so no issue with the noise of banging
balls against it.
Posted by Janet Baraclough on February 22, 2006, 11:11 am
> >The wall is your neighbours? If I were him, I'd *insist* you planted a
> > football deterrent!
> :)
> But its a detatched garage wall - so no issue with the noise of banging
> balls against it.
It will still be exhaustingly audible to the neighbours. You've got
nice neighbours, but I promise you that the rythmic thud of a kid's
ball/trampoline/drumkit for hours on end can strain the patience of the
best; especially galling for yours if the sound comes courtesy of their
own garage wall.
Janet
Posted by La Puce on February 21, 2006, 11:01 am
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> In terms of flowering climbers, you have clematis (most), honeysuckle
> (the northern European ones), hydrangea and relatives, Akebia quinata,
> WINTER jasmine, and precious little else. Don't bother with most of
> the jasmines or passion flowers - they won't like it.
You had suggested not long ago honeysuckles L. periclymenum and L.
japonica and the Clematis armandii (I feel like giving you a hand -
it's amazing how often you folks have to repeat yourself !).
Posted by Janet Tweedy on February 22, 2006, 4:10 am
>In terms of flowering climbers, you have clematis (most), honeysuckle
>(the northern European ones), hydrangea and relatives, Akebia quinata,
>WINTER jasmine, and precious little else. Don't bother with most of
>the jasmines or passion flowers - they won't like it.
>That being said, I do grow Passiflora incarnata on a north-east wall,
>but it would do much better if I had a rain shadow facing south.
Climbers can also be substituted with things that can be grown against a
wall like chaenomeles, Mine's on a north wall and some flowers most of
the year, I just hack the bits off that grow forwards. Cut any growth to
about two or three buds seems to encourage flowering buds. Once that is
on the wall clematis will twine through it.
If it's someone else's wall I'd be very careful not to have anything
that might get out of hand or grow up into the roof of the garage like
ivies etc. He might move one day and the new neighbour may not be so
obliging!
Charlie Pridham gave several suggestions for good north facing clematis
which might be in the archives. They are worth a try.
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Posted by La Puce on February 23, 2006, 6:18 am
Janet Tweedy wrote:
> Charlie Pridham gave several suggestions for good north facing clematis
> which might be in the archives. They are worth a try.
There's a few: 'Mrs Cholmondeley', 'Nelly Moser', 'Perle d'Azur',
'Victoria' and any form the Viticella Group. My friend Rachel has a
nursery in cumbria ran with her parents. I was looking for one north
facing, with the name Penny in memory of a friend who died a few week
ago. Sadly couldn't find any but she suggested a rose, Penny Lane,
which is perfect. They are very helpful and friendly. Do check them
at:-
http://www.ukclematis.co.uk/
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:)