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'Hibernica' Ivy | Hedera helix
Improves any drab surface
- Enchanting emerald foliage
- Attractive to birds and pollinators
- Suited to full sun, part shade and full shade
- Masses of ornamental black berries
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Ceanothus 'Puget Blue'
Get honey bees flocking!
- A profusion of rich, deep blue flowers
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Appreciates a fully sunny position
- Flowers from May to June
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Variegated Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegatum'
Starry flowers, splashed foliage
- Star-shaped blooms and cream-flecked leaves
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Grow in sun or part shade
- Blooms in May and June
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Evergreen Clematis | Clematis armandii 'Hendersonii Rubra'
Blooms that warm the winter grey
- A profusion of pinkish-white, single flowers
- Pruning group 1 - no pruning
- Full sun, hardy (H4)
- Flowers March to April
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Bluebell Creeper | Sollya heterophylla 'Ultra Blue'
The most brilliant blue blooms
- Bell-like flowers in deepest blue
- A perfect climber for a patio pot
- Happy in both full sun and part shade
- Flowers from June to September
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Cheltenham
Meet Mollie
Climbers grown by specialists at the height of their game
What does it take to grow the strongest and best climbing plants in the show tent? Organic fertilisers, natural pest control and years of dedication from Mollie, our expert grower in Worcestershire. Professionally pruned and checked by hand, they’re guaranteed to put on a gold standard display in your garden, too.
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What are evergreen climbers?
Evergreen climbers are those that hold their leaves throughout the year, rather than shedding them for the winter. This gives you a plant that offers genuine year-round interest, as opposed to something which only impresses for a season or two. Some evergreen climbers even flower in the winter, adding much-needed colour in what is otherwise typically a grey and gloomy time of year. These plants are particularly impactful given their vertical aspect – there are many evergreen plants out there, but few that can scale the heights that evergreen climbers can.
What are our favourite evergreen climbers?
For this, we’re going to break it down into our favourite flowering evergreen climbers and our favourite foliage evergreen climbers. On the flowering front, it’s hard to look past Clematis cirrhosa ‘Freckles’, with its paint-splashed petals in winter and glossy green leaves. It also holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit as well as Plants for Pollinators status. From a foliage perspective, we’re going to opt for Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata' (variegated ivy) due to its lovely cream-margined leaves – oh, and the fact it’s another RHS award winner.
Caring for evergreen climbers
Evergreen climbers are generally nice and easy to care for; they’ll need regular watering throughout their first growing season (or two) to aid establishment, while beyond this watering will primarily be needed during hot, dry spells. Certain evergreen climbers, like ivies, are more shade-tolerant than others, while other species, such as Clematis armandii, for instance, don’t require any routine pruning. Make sure to check out a plant’s individual product page for more detailed care instructions. As a rule of thumb, moist but well-drained, loamy soil is preferable, with climbers grown in containers requiring more watering than those grown in the open ground.
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Monica Spence
| 24 May
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| 2 Jun
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Judy Lane
| 23 Oct
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Martyn Hill
| 5 Jul
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John-Paul
| 22 May
Wonderful plants and great customer service... really surprised to find that the plants are better than those you would get at your local garden centre.
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| 8 Nov
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