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Designing with climbers

Using climbers in your garden design is a great way to utilize your space, particularly in a small garden, as well as bringing in design elements such as texture and colour to create a more three dimensional space. Also, by growing climbers up fences you can make your garden feel much bigger as the leaves of the climber will absorb light, rather than the light bouncing off fence panels which tend to make a garden feel smaller. Climbers are plants which grow vertically whether that be through trees or shrubs or up vertical surfaces like cliffs or walls. These plants [...]

By |2025-02-11T14:08:29+00:00February 11th, 2025|Articles, Autumn, Blog, Climbers, Garden Art, Places|Comments Off on Designing with climbers

Star Jasmine

    Star Jasmine ( or Chinese Jasmine - Trachelospermum jasminoides)   If you have a boring wall, especially if the rest of the garden is shedding it's leaves and is starting to look impoverished,Star Jasmine is a most beautiful choice. It is evergreen and has a superb structure. It never threatens to take over your garden and in summer has the most intense fragrance and it can be grown in pots so can dominate a courtyard. It can grow up to 8 meters, does best on a sheltered south facing position but will survive even on a north facing [...]

By |2019-03-28T18:00:33+00:00November 6th, 2014|Blog, Climbers|Comments Off on Star Jasmine