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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: fisher on September 07, 2011, 20:00

Title: shrubs for south facing wall please???
Post by: fisher on September 07, 2011, 20:00

I need some ideas for maybe 4 shrubs to clothe a new south facing churchyard wall. Its tall... maybe 12'. Useful features might be

evergreen
decorative
lowish maintenance
self-clinging but not to damage the wall!
could be supported by wires

ideas gratefully accepted!
Fisher :)

Title: Re: shrubs for south facing wall please???
Post by: sunshineband on September 07, 2011, 20:03

campsis  :D

Title: Re: shrubs for south facing wall please???
Post by: mumofstig on September 07, 2011, 22:26

Trachelospermum jasminoides or Solanum jasminoides , both climbers for training on wires :)
Ceonothus blue wall shrub.

Title: Re: shrubs for south facing wall please???
Post by: Goosegirl on September 08, 2011, 16:23

Euonymus - an evergreen species that can be either low-growing or support themselves up a wall, a pyrocantha can be trained into shapes against a wall, is evergreen has small white flowers in spring and berries in late summer; cotoneasters can also be trained against a wall; hydrangea petiolaris is self-clinging and has white flowers You can twine  clematis with them all for added colour. 

Title: Re: shrubs for south facing wall please???
Post by: fisher on September 09, 2011, 20:05

Thank you for all ur suggestions!
Fisher :)