Can anyone suggest a climber for this container please. It is around 5ft high and will be on a sunny sheltered patio. Ideally I would like something long flowering and evergreen (wishful thinking I know) but any suggestions welcome. Thanks
It's pretty, but quite a small planting hole, so nothing like a clematis or a climber that likes its roots down deep, would be too happy in there. Even a Mediterranean climber like a jasmine would outgrow it very fast and struggle... I've got evergreen trachelospermum jasminoides (star jasmine) in my garden, but it's in the ground too. You could try a lavender in the bottom part (they don't mind very little water and love full sun) then you could use the trellis part to hang some pots on, with some Mediterranean herbs that also like it drought like! Thymes spring to mind, maybe also some sempervirums.
My Clematis ‘Freckles’ is only a few years old and already covers trellis 10ft wide by 6ft plus high ... if I didn’t cut it hard back every year it’d be even bigger. It hates being dry at the roots. I very much doubt that you could grow ‘Freckles’ in the sort of container shown in the photo.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
With little room for roots, I think you could grow ivy as an evergreen backdrop with bulbs for spring, and maybe something like nasturtiums for summer colour.
Take a look at Sollya Heterophylla, the Bluebell Creeper. Come in blue, white and pink and does not grow fast. They do fine in containers in full sun but needs a bit of protection in winter if temperatures fall below minus 5 degrees.
A bright blue morning glory variety might do well in a pot.... or even a choice of vegetable...? Gourd varieties, beans,... or possibly a mix of veg and flower? Honesuckle sometimes does well in a pot - thogh it really depends on the variety... I had a small hibiscus and cranesbill together in a pot with a trellis - it looked fantastic!
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Even a Mediterranean climber like a jasmine would outgrow it very fast and struggle...
I've got evergreen trachelospermum jasminoides (star jasmine) in my garden, but it's in the ground too.
You could try a lavender in the bottom part (they don't mind very little water and love full sun) then you could use the trellis part to hang some pots on, with some Mediterranean herbs that also like it drought like! Thymes spring to mind, maybe also some sempervirums.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This clematis should be OK, not too tall, can be grown in a pot, long flowering period.https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk/Clematis-Sally.html
The only evergreen flowerer that I can think of is Star Jasmine, but it will outgrow that pot. I have one, doing well, in a much larger pot.
Anything in a pot will need more feeding and a lot more watering than a plant in the ground.
Honesuckle sometimes does well in a pot - thogh it really depends on the variety... I had a small hibiscus and cranesbill together in a pot with a trellis - it looked fantastic!