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AGM plants have been through a rigorous trial and assessment programme. They are:
Climbing plants can soften the look of fences, walls, pergolas and arches. In established gardens grow climbers, such as clematis, through shrubs or small trees to give added interest.
Fences and walls are some of the most valuable of garden features – just crying out for planting!
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This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.
It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.
Amber is a moderately-vigorous climber with double, nodding flowers composed of ribbed tepals, varying from amber to creamy-yellow, and tinged pink on the back of the petals. Flowering in late spring and early summer then again in early autumn; profuse seedheads follow
'Golden Showers' is a large climber of upright growth with dark stems and glossy foliage. Flowers loosely double, fragrant, golden-yellow, paling with age, to 10cm in width, continuously flowering in summer and autumn
C. cirrhosa var. balearica is an evergreen climber with small, very finely cut, dark green leaves turn bronze-purple in winter. Slightly fragrant, cup-shaped creamy-yellow flowers to 6cm wide, spotted purple within, produced in late winter and early spring followed by fluffy seedheads
'Ken Donson' grows to 2.5-3m, and has large, deep blue flowers with contrasting white filaments and bright yellow anthers making up the gold stamens. Flowers may be produced any time between June and September and followed by prominent seedheads
'Léon Millot' is a wine-making and dessert grape suitable for outdoor cultivation. It produces small clusters of black grapes with a blackcurrant flavour
P. x violacea is an evergreen climber to 6m, with 5-lobed leaves and bowl-shaped, deep reddish-purple flowers to 12cm across, coronal filaments deep violet with white tips; fruits ovoid, green, often sterile
'Eva' is an evergreen climber with 3-lobed grey-green leaves with a broad white margin, the central lobe longer than the others and wedge shaped leaf bases; makes a good houseplant
H. helix is a vigorous, self-clinging climber with three- to five-lobed, glossy, evergreen leaves, often with pale green veins, and some reddish or bronzy colours in autumn. Mature plants produce bushy, non-clinging branches with diamond-shaped leaves, and small, nectar-rich, greenish-yellow flowers in clusters of rounded heads in autumn, followed by black berries in winter
'Dawn Chorus' is a compact annual climber to 1m, with slightly scented flowers 4cm across, the petals white, violet-purple on the reverse
'Mollie Rilstone' is a strongly-scented, large flowered, Spencer cultivar with a cream ground and a pale-pink, picotee edge; the flower begins to open before the colours pale. Height 1.5-2.5m
Climbing plants give added interest to any garden. Choose from our specially-selected range to soften the look of your fences, walls, pergolas and arches.
View all specially-selected Climbers at the RHS Plants Shop
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