Pacific Northwest Gardening: Plant Combinations, 1 by growin

growin wrote:
Here's a pic of Cougar Annie's trellis: http://www.clayoquotalliance.uvic.ca/es481a/Album/Album file...
and here's a few examples of what I was getting at: http://www.splitcedarproducts.com/
Put a few Clematis, an Akebia, a Parthenocissus henryana and/or a climbing rose and you've got yerself "cottage". I prefer the natural split to the cut cedar as it ages nicely, looks natural and is easier for a climber to clamber.

Murmur, I wish I had more than a stamp-sized garden. I really need to run a nursery (propagation). These are pics of Vancouver Parks Board gardens - they do a great job! I've done small design for many years but not recently. Always available if someone wants me - dirt cheap. I think the most important part, in my opinion, is getting it on the computer so that if a last minute substitution needs to be made, it can be made based on the original plant characteristics. Pixy is right though that many combinations come out of mistakes, trials, temp placements and substitutions. Observation, experience and plant knowledge is a good place fer combo pickin' if you have that or someone else's.