Lonicera × heckrottii 'Gold Flame'
honeysuckle
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: June to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Fabulously fragrant, pink-flushed, orange-yellow, tubular flowers from June to August, followed by red berries in hot summers. This vigorous, shrubby honeysuckle is semi-evergreen in milder winters, and looks lovely in a small cottage-style or wildlife garden. Since it doesn't have the twining branches found on other varieties, it will need to be tied with garden twine to an upright support. - Garden care: Cut back established plants after flowering, removing a third of the flowering shoots. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.
Clematis × triternata 'Rubromarginata'
clematis (group 3)
Delicious, marzipan-scented flowers
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rose Eglantyne (shrub)
One of the best English roses available
Clematis Étoile Violette
clematis (group 3)
Produces masses of deep purple blooms
Rosa 'Madame Grégoire Staechelin'
rose Madame Grégoire Staechelin (climbing hybrid tea)
Heady pink flowers
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