Clematis: ☞ We NEED a CLEM sticky!!! ☜, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
that's the spirit bluekat. i have a spoonerii growing thru viburnam, at one end of a long hedge. i plan to add others on the hedge this spring.

your shrubs make good support and protection for clems.
here are some other ways i grow them in my garden
thru loose evergreeens (sugar candy thru white pine)
on dense evergreeens (albertas as support for ville de lyon, niobe, marie boiselotte)
in hydrangea (many examples with the guernsey cream on common climbing hydrangea a signature in my garden) posted a 08 photo AGAIN
last time for any 08 photos, almost time for my 09 season to kick in
on arbor vitae (many examples)
up a old locust tree (with thorns, which the plants love to grab)
at the drip line of a 15 foot hemlock tree of (have polish spirit here )
at dripline of a 15 foot norwalk spuce (hagley hybrid does well here),pope jp II up the trunk of a curly willow....

clems do better sometimes with being able to naturalize on supports of nature vs being tied in and forced. thinking along these lines really lets you see how many clems you could take to accent your landscaping vs being the focal point or requiring a new bed to be dug.