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Plant list: Climbers |
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Climbers do exactly that. In nature, it's a means of getting to the light, using something else as a support. In the garden, climbers are great because they introduce another vertical element to the overall look. |
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| | Clematis 'Helsingborg' |
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| | Alpina group clematis |
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| | Climber |
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| | Hardy |
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| | Violet |
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| | Mid- green |
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| | 3m x 1.5m (10ft x 5ft) |
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| Throughout April it is hung with nodding, violet-blue flowers. These are followed later in the year by attractive whiskery seed-heads.
Like all early-flowering clematis, it needs little pruning other than the removal of any dead or damaged growth after flowering. |
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