My Top 10 Climbing Plants For Shade, Best Shade Loving Climbing Plants For The U.K

My Top 10 Climbing Plants For Shade, Best Shade Loving Climbing Plants For The U.K
So most of us have gardens or open spaces surrounded by fences or boundary walls and yet this area is so often overlooked.
This is where thinking about planting plants with a purpose, and in this instance it is planting to in a shady position to add some much needed interest to an otherwise boring fence.
Plants featured in this video are;
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Graham Thomas’
Rosa ‘Malvern Hills’
Akebia quinata
Hydrangea petiolaris
Lonicera henryi ‘Copper Beauty’
Clematis macropetala ‘Markhams Pink’
Dregea sinensis
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Clematis ‘Nelly Moser’
Hedera
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[@eileenmuir1698]

thanks this is wonderful. i’m in asturias spain. i just finished building a house on the coast and i’m inspired by your video. i have a north wall that i want to use climbers on. would you consider giving a vídeo on a western and southern wall? thanks!!

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@eileenmuir1698 Hi Eileen, Many thanks for watching and the message. I’m glad you found the video useful for your new house build, which sounds like a great adventure. My plan was to also make a video for sunny location but never quite got around to doing so. I will do one soon though so please keep a look out. Enjoy your weekend 🪴🌸🌼

[@naturewithnicky2762]

Very detailed and helpful video, I'm trying to find climbers for my north facing garden and will definitely be trying a few of your top 10 👍👌 subscribed and can't wait to work my way through your other vids 😎

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi Nicky, Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to message. Glad you found the video useful. Hopefully your garden will soon be as you wanted. It’s not a climber but have you considered Garrya eliptica. As well as in full sun it will also grow on a North facing position. It’s evergreen too. All the best 🌸🌼

[@gardenluv9807]

Great detailed info !! Thanks . Passion flower is also a evergreen vine I guess

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Many thanks for watching and the message. Yeah i do like Passion flowers. They need full sun though so couldn’t include them in this video, maybe in the sunny edition ☀️

[@patdelaney191]

New sub. Nice to find a UK gardener. 👍👍

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi Pat. Many thanks for watching and subscribing, hope you like some of my other videos that I do and have done. Hopefully soon the rain will stop and we will be able to get into our gardens🤞 All the best 🌻

[@MNH73]

Great video Ian. Why not plant up a few in your rental garden and knock a bit of money off your stay!?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Haha. If only that was something that the owners would have done. Many thanks for watching, much appreciated 🌸🌼

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

Great informative video! I have 4 varieties of 10 in my garden, will try more, thanks for sharing! Subscribed. Looking forward more of your video.

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi Linda, Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message me, very much appreciated. It always amazes me how few people plant climbing plants when they can add so much more interest and depth to a garden. Well done on being the exception 🌸🌼

[@douglaskillock3537]

A really helpful video with plenty of possibilities and combinations. Thank you

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Many thanks for watching and taking the time to message, much appreciated. Hope you have a great gardening season 🌻🪴

[@adjesprangers3738]

Thank you for sharing this great video. Just what I was looking for…

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Adje. Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to message me, much appreciated. Glad to be of some help to you. Have fun planning out your garden and introducing new climbers for colour and interest 🌸🌼

[@-mills-1071]

Never thought a London gangster would intimidate me in to buying flowers. What a geezer.

[@-mills-1071]

Great video, thank you!

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@-mills-1071 🤣🤣 many thanks for watching and the message. Glad you are convinced to add a few plants to your fences. All the best with your gardening journey 🌻🪴

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@-mills-1071 much appreciated. Off you need any further advice just message here or via instagram, I’m under the same name.

[@AJICams]

Really useful video. Thanks. I planted a honeysuckle Graham Thomas a month ago and it's growing happily on a trellis. I am thinking of growing a star jasmine on the same trellis. Is that okay? Or will one of them outcompete the other?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@AJICams Hi. Many thanks for watching and the question. I normally suggest growing just 1 plant type to a trellis, with the only exception being growing a summer type clematis with a climbing rose. Your Honeysuckle would quickly outgrow the Trachelospermum and smother it. Hope this helps 🌼🌸

[@AJICams]

Thanks for your reply. I bought the honeysuckle for just £2.50 from Asda and was pleasantly surprised by the fast growth. I thought the honeysuckle might be just right on the east facing side of our patio. It gets more shady the closer you get to the house as the roof blocks off the morning sun. Having seen a few honeysuckle bushes now, I think the fragrance is not as strong as star jasmine. I am now thnking of replacing the honeysuckle with the star jasmine and seeing how it gets on. Fragrance is what I'm really looking for. What do you think?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@AJICams on an east facing position, especially if it’s an exposed spot, then I would probably go with the Honeysuckle over the Trachelospermum as I think you will get more flowers. That said, if you need evergreen coverage then the Trachelospermum is a better option, despite producing fewer flowers than if planted in a sunny position. Enjoy the flowers

[@mitzi605]

Clematis, my favorite

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Many thanks for sharing and watching the video. Clematis are such a massive group of plants but surprisingly so few that will grow in shady areas, which is a real shame. Happy gardening 🌸

[@gracesim1806]

Hi, thank you for a great video. For the Jasmine, what fertiliser would you recommend? Thank you

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi Grace. Many thanks for watching and the question. Do you mean the Trachelospermum as per the video? If so then I would apply something like fish, blood and bone fertiliser as it’s a good balanced feed that is slower acting. In the summer months, when flowering, then a liquid fertiliser is better as it provides additional water too. For liquid feeding then I would suggest using a tomato fertiliser as that will promote healthy growth as well as promoting flower development. Enjoy your gardening 🌸

[@gracesim1806]

@@diyhomeandgardeningthank you for the reply and the advice. I am inspired to get a Jasmine trachelospermum and will follow those guidelines. Thanks again

[@IrmaEMonge]

What growing zone do these climbers flourish?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi Irma. Thanks for watching and messaging. The U.K. is classed as zone 8 and so all of these climbers are happy with our winter temperatures, except the Dregea if temperatures fall below minus 5. In warmer climates then all these, and more, climbers are then available. Hope this helps 🌸

[@nildanatsiz1420]

Can you write the name of the climber at 14:14 mark?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Hi. Thanks for watching and your message. All the plant names are listed within the description of the video. The one you ask about is called Dregea sinensis. Enjoy your gardening 🌸

[@nildanatsiz1420]

@@diyhomeandgardeningThank you :)

[@zoewhite7705]

Laughing at the idea of the poor owner watching this video and hearing his garden described as “awful, awful” 😂

[@diyhomeandgardening]

🤣🤣 maybe if they happen to find my channel by looking up climbing plant ideas. Thanks for watching Zoe 🌻

[@zoewhite7705]

@@diyhomeandgardening Well you were right, it was a sad garden 😂

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@zoewhite7705 🤣🌸🌼