Climbers in containers

Hi

i had a pergola built 2 years ago and am really ashamed to admit I haven't grown any climbers yet! The climbers would have to be in containers. My question is
- should I grow 2 climbers at each side of the pergola?
- What size container would I need to do this?
- I love the look of clematis and would like flowers all summer if possible?! What should I team it with?

Many thanks for any help

Sarah xxx

 

Clematis and rose is a classic combination-but for a first time gardener I would recommend a wisteria.

 

Thanks for that. Being a bit thick but are you saying to team a clematis with a wisteria? How big a pot do you think I would need please?

many thanks
Sarah

 

I can't work it out in capacity but I would choose one two feet deep with a rim diameter of at least a foot. Give each climber it's own pot either side of each post. What colours do you like?

 

hi

I like white, purple/lilac, and blue best. but also yellow. Any suggestions on which climbers to go for please? I would like summer flowers if possible as that is when we sit outside

thanks!
Sarah

 

Summer flowering is easy,

Banksia Lutea Rose smells gorgeous,

Wisteria-


There a many different types of clemayis too and you can choose judiciously and get summer long flowers, for fast growth you can offset the colours with a white climbing seagull rose-just don't sit too near it bites lol

another beauty ( I just bought one) is the generous gardener rose.

 

"i had a pergola built 2 years ago and am really ashamed to admit I haven't grown any climbers yet!"

I bought the climbers for my pergola 2 years ago and am really ashamed to admit I haven't built the pergola yet :( !!

 

:lollol::lollol:

 

I'm going to have to disagree on Wisteria in a pot, unless the pot is HUGE. I wanted to do similar for around the back door but its paved right up to it and could only go in a pot-the advice I was given was forget it, Wisteria needs more space for its roots.

There are loads of clematis that do fine in pots. I went for a Group 3 cematis that produced enormous purple flowers.

 

It depends on the size you want it to reach-of course the amount of flowers is therefore restricted-I had one in my old house in a pot, it covered the porch fine. It was a large planter about three foot high, and with theother plants too it would be fine.


Of ocurse my plants of choice would be an etoile clematis and banksia rose.

 

How deep was that planter? I really would love something to grow around the back door (doesn't have to be wisteria) but feel restricted due to pot sizes and eventual pot-bound issues.

 

Massive-not stupidly though, I have seen today at "instore" a huge planter that was the same size-and only £7.99 each-horrible naff fake terracotta but with a spot of the burgundy red acrylic paint they sell in B&Q for £4 and a rag you could rub it up to something ok looking.

It went over the front door no problem Aaron I promise it'll do it.

 

PS it'll take two of those dirty great big bags of compost they sell to fill it.

 

I believe that Wisteria need constricted roots to flower, so I would have thought that wisteria in a pot would be ok. Most Wisterias up against a house will have some root restriction, and some flower profusely.

Hope that helps.

 

"a spot of the burgundy red acrylic paint ..."

Or perhaps some strap-on marine ply with some cornice / mouldings to make a Versailles-tub-lookalilke?

e.g. http://www.chicteak.co.uk/teakplanters.asp