3.7 Climbers and wall shrubs Flashcards
Definition of wall shrub and climber
Wall shrub requires training - may benefit from support of wall, or warmth or serving decorative purpose
Climber - modifications to climb
Name
Wisteria floribunda
a vigorous deciduous climber with pinnate leaves and, in early summer, fragrant, pea-like, violet-blue, pink or white flowers in racemes 30cm or longer
Name
Lathyrus oderatus
An annual that climbs to about 2m using tendrils. The flowers, produced in summer and early autumn, are 3.5cm across, strongly-scented, with wine-red standard petals and purple wings and keels. Hundreds of cultivars have been raised
Name
Lonicera periclymenum
A twining deciduous climber with oval leaves. Flowers are two lipped, long, yellow and white trumpets which are sometimes tinged red. Clusters of glossy, red berries follow
Name
Clematis montana
A vigorous deciduous species, reaching 7-12m if left unchecked. Plants are smothered in small, single, white flowers in late spring; leaves often have a bronze or purple hue when they first emerge before turning green
alkaline soil
Name
Hedera helix
A vigorous, self-clinging climber with lobed glossy, evergreen leaves, often with pale green veins. Mature plants produce bushy, non-clinging branches with diamond-shaped leaves, and small greenish-yellow flowers in autumn, followed by black berries in winter
Name
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
a vigorous large deciduous climber. Leaves with five ovate leaflets, turning bright red and orange in autumn. Flowers inconspicuous; berries blue-black
Name
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Name
Pyracantha coccinea
An upright, evergreen shrub with glossy eliptical leaves and spiny stems. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by red berries lasting through autumn and into early winter.
Full sun-partial shade
Name
Chaenomeles speciosa
a vigorous, wide-spreading deciduous shrub with tangled, spiny branches and glossy, oval, dark green leaves. In spring it bears small clusters of red, bowl-shaped flowers 4cm across, followed by green-yellow, sweetly-scented fruit resembling small apples
Name
Ribes speciosum
A spiny medium-sized deciduous shrub with bristly stems bearing small, oval, slightly lobed, glossy leaves. Small, drooping, fuchsia-like bright crimson flowers with prominent stamens hang beneath the stems in mid and late spring
Name
Ceanothus ‘Autumnal Blue’
alkaline soil