Over the winter we put in a new patio area and had a wonderful blacksmith make an arbour over it.
More space for growing plants over!!
I thought I would grow some annual climbers so bought some seeds earlier in the year.
At last the plants are blooming, but not all are successfully climbing up the poles.
I planted Cobaea scandens both Alba and Purple. The cup and saucer plant. They have tendrils rather than twisting themselves around the pole so have to be tied in regularly. I was hoping that the plants would climb up the poles and across the top of the arbour, unfortunately they have only grown to about a metre high.
Another climber I tried was Rhodochiton atrosanguineus Purple Bells.
Rhodochiton atrosanguineus Purple Bells
The seeds of this plant are so tiny that they arrive in a little plastic tube in the seed packet. I failed to get them to germinate so bought a couple of plants from a local nursery. They too have to be tied constantly to the poles.
Thunbergia alata African Sunset was another climber I grew from seed, a lovely flower but does want to crawl along the ground rather than up the poles, so needs lots of encouragement.
The final seeds I grew this year was something I have grown before and the most successful. Mina lobata or Spanish Flag. This does grow up the pole (a bit like runner beans) with only a bit of tying in at the start to encourage it up the pole.
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