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8. Which climbing plants for which walls?
North-facing:
Ivy (evergreen clinger)
Climbing hydrangea (clinger)
Clematis - some (twiner)
Cotoneaster (tie in)
Euonymus fortunei - green leaved types (evergreen, tie in)
Firethorn (Pyracantha) (evergreen, tie in)
Morello cherry (tie in)
Some roses eg 'Aloha' (pink), 'Danse de Feu' (red), 'Gloire de Dijon' (yellow), 'Handel' (cream with pink margins) (tie in)
South-facing:
Actinidia kolomikta (twiner)
Ceanothus (most are evergreen, tie in)
Clematis - some (twiner)
Cotoneaster (tie in)
Cytisus battenderieri (tie in)
Firethorn (Pyracantha)
Flowering and Japanese quince or japonica (Chaenomeles spp) (tie in)
Hop (twiner)
Ivy (evergreen clinger)
Rose
Top fruit (tie in)
Vines (twiner)
Winter jasmine (tie in)
Wisteria (twiner)
West-facing:
Clematis (twiner)
Cotoneaster (tie in)
Euonymus fortunei - green and variegated types (evergreen, tie in)
Ivy (evergreen clinger)
Morello cherry (tie in)
Rose (tie in)
Top fruit (tie in)
Winter jasmine (tie in)
East-facing:
Ivy (evergreen clinger)
Clematis - some (twiner)
Climbing hydrangea (clinger)
Cotoneaster (tie in)
Euonymus fortunei - green and variegated types (evergreen, tie in)
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