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Questions tagged [climbers]

Use this tag with questions that are focusing on the climbing aspect of different plants that are tend to climb when the correct environment is provided. For example Pothos, certain Philodendron species, cucumbers, beans, etc. For questions about how to build and maintain a trellis use the [trellis] tag.

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I need advice about climbing vines/plants for my handicap ramp

I am having my handicap ramp rebuilt and will have wood lattice installed on both sides. I live right outside Kases City, MO. I want to plant something that can climb on the lattice. I want something that is hardy that will grow in almost full or…
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Why are my newly planted Honeysuckle leaves turning purple/brown?

I am based in London, UK. I have recently acquired a late Dutch Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina'). However, after a few weeks, the leaves have started going slightly purple - I want to take good care of this plant, so I would like to…
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Encourage campsis radicans to grow and climb

I have obtained the depicted trumpet creeper (campsis radicans; currently approx. 35 cm in height) and I would like to encourage it to grow and climb. However, so far (after about 2 weeks) it does not seem to be impressed with the frame I have…
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Grey spots on Clematis leaves

One of my clematis Tekla stopped growing a month ago and sort of froze in time. Its leaves started having grey spots and new growth leaves dried out as you can see from the picture below. Initially I thought that it is a clematis wilt, but reading…
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What is this flowering climber?

Is this a type of clematis? I'd like to look up how to properly care for this, but I'm not sure what type of plant it is. I live in the Nashville, Tennessee area, and it usually blooms in May here: Here's a view of the plant from a distance,…
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How close can I plant a clematis to a small climbing rose

I am planting a clematis with Rosa Creme de la Creme. I do not have room to leave 3ft between the two. Can I plant them closer
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How do you properly winterize a potted climbing rose?

Earlier this year I planted two Tess of the D’urbervilles climbing roses in 20" pots in my garden. These roses grew to about 3' high this year and began wrapping around the trellis that I had setup for them. Winter is now fast approaching, and…
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Do I need more vertical support for climbing roses?

This is the front of my house in Pacific Northwest and you can see the red rectangle frame was there before: I was told it was built for climbing plants back in the 70s. Now I want to grow this climbing…
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'Climbing' black mulberry (morus nigra), is this real?

Ran in to this plant a the supermarket. It was only 3 bucks so I picked it up out of curiosity. I've started growing mulberry trees a while a go and did quite some youtubing and reading about them. Never have I seen or read about a climbing black…
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How to kmow if a young rose is a climber

I bought this young rose and it already has blooms, smaller than the regular rose flowers but I noticed that it's kinda growing horizontally and long stems so I put a stick beside it to support its growth. Just wondering, could this rose be a…
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What is the best way to train a star jasmine up a wall?

Also, what size wires would be used in terms of thickness and how far apart should they be spaced?
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Can this stem damage effect the growth of my Virginia Creeper plant?

I've got a Virginia Creeper stem last spring and I plant it in a big pot. it's growing and multiple branches that goes up about 5 feet have come out of it . Since I got it, it had a stem damage in two locations. I wonder if that has any effect on…
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Climbing Rose, is it true that I need 6 hours of sunlight?

I live in West Yorkshire, UK. It is mostly cloudy here. I am thinking of planting a red climbing rose. I know very little about gardening, so I thought I'd ask the pros here. Do I really need 6 hours of sunlight in the spot where I plan to plant…
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