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Article: Clematis, the social climber; Charlie Dimmock says they're perfect for tubs and trellises . . . and a great mixer into the bargain.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2005
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Byline: CHARLIE DIMMOCK
CLEMATISES are like chocolates. Once you've had a few, you can't stop - you always want just one more. Luckily, they are good at fitting into crowded gardens because you can grow them in places where there's already something else.
You can plant three different sorts up through a tree or fair-sized shrub.
The flowers are bound to overlap, so I'd go for three with contrasting shapes - maybe one with rosette flowers, one wide-open single variety and one of the 'pixie-hat' type.
You could grow a couple of the smaller clematises on a piece of trellis, up an obelisk in a border or through a wall shrub.
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