Lonicera japonica 'Halls Prolific'
Japanese honeysuckle
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: April to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
As its name suggests, this is an especially vigorous and free-flowering variety with masses of sweetly scented, tubular flowers from April to August, opening pure white and ageing to yellow. In milder winters, the handsome, dark green leaves can stay on the plant all year and in hot summers, the flowers may be followed by small purple-black berries. It looks lovely scrambling over an old boundary wall or growing through a robust, mature tree. - 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.
Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'
Chilean potato tree
Clusters of purple flowers
Rosa 'Climbing Iceberg'
rose Climbing Iceberg (climbing floribunda)
Graceful addition to the garden
Clematis Étoile Violette
clematis (group 3)
Produces masses of deep purple blooms
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Fragrant white flowers from spring onwards and also later flowers too - opening white before turning honeysuckle yellow
Val Bourne - Garden Writer