Hundreds to choose from, and plenty which are happy in shade, and a lighter soil. Taylor's Clematis, Thorncroft and Hawthornes are all specialists, so worth taking a look at their sites.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you have sandy soil you’ll need to incorporate a lot of organic material (well-rotted farmyard manure, garden compost etc) into the planting area before planting .., and I’d dig it into the area to a double spade’s depth.
On sandy soil honeysuckle (and most climbers) will need generous watering, probably from mid March onwards.
We’re on sandy loam and it’s very free-draining ... my mature honeysuckles need a lot of water ... a couple of buckets full every other evening from spring onwards to avoid them succumbing to powdery mildew.
I would also recommend feeding birds nearby throughout the year ... that way they’ll be available to harvest the aphids that will undoubtedly appear on your honeysuckle ... that way you’ll not get the aphids’ sticky honeydew dripping over your arbour.
Let us know how you get on ... love honeysuckle ... above is one of mine ... Lonicera ‘Graham Thomas’ just coming into bloom last week ... it’s covered with creamy golden blooms now and the scent on warm evenings is amazing ... it’s my favourite of all the honeysuckles.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Hundreds to choose from, and plenty which are happy in shade, and a lighter soil. Taylor's Clematis, Thorncroft and Hawthornes are all specialists, so worth taking a look at their sites.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The older you get, the more you realise that it is OK to live a life others don't understand.
I'll have a look at halliana, seems just the job
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.