Climbing plants that like the shade!

Frith

I don't know very much about gardening but wondered if anyone could recommend some climbing plants (such as roses and honeysuckle) that can tolerate shady conditions and grow up a fence?

The soil is not marvellous (clay and coal!). We're quite high up, don't know if that makes a difference, but reasonably sheltered (by the fence).

Thank you.

L

Yorkshire_Lavender

ACEY wrote: »

I don't know very much about gardening but wondered if anyone could recommend some climbing plants (such as roses and honeysuckle) that can tolerate shady conditions and grow up a fence?

The soil is not marvellous (clay and coal!). We're quite high up, don't know if that makes a difference, but reasonably sheltered (by the fence).

Thank you.

L

The following should be ok:

Honeysuckle,
Clematis 'Montana',
Clematis 'Nelly Mosa'
Winter Flowering Jasmine,
Hydrangea 'petiolaris'

fdavid_2

Do not be tempted to plant Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica):mad:

foxgloves

I've got a hydrangea petiolaris in a big tub growing up a wall on our courtyard. It doesn't get any sunshine at all thanks to next door's extension and still flowers each spring and seems to thrive. If you know what sort of flowers a lacecap hydrangea has (i.e not the big pink & blue ball type) that's what this one looks like, sort of natural creamy colour, lacy big clusters of flowers which also look quite nice left on as seed heads.

Frith

Thanks, all.

I've got a clematis montana and a honeysuckle in the other bit of the garden (the light bit!) The clematis always done well but the honeysuckle looks awful. Its been there 10 years plus and has always looked sick, its quite dead looking for the first 4 feet and spindly at the top. (Its up the house, hence the height).

The hydrangea and the jasmine sound nice. I did have lots of bulbs by the fence (before the new people changed the fence and hacked through everything with their spades...) but often they would be "blind" shoots.

L

peter_the_piper

Trachelospermum Jasminoides has white, highly scented flowers.