#walltrained

Plant of the Day

Monday 9 May 2022

This graceful, spreading Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' (shrub rose) has been trained to cover this wall. With dainty, fern-like foliage this rose has grown well in this shady space and the flowers were buzzing with early pollinators on this once a year flowering cultivar.

Plant of the Day

Friday 8 April 2022

The spreading deciduous shrub Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis' (Japanese quince) has a habit that creates a tangle of growth, with spiny branches. Here it has been trained along a fence and manages to thrive in the shade of other shrubs. The line of white flowers shine out through the stems of other deciduous shrubs.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 18 May 2021

In the centre of Cambridge, UK, a Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria) has stems woven through the ironwork on the top of a wall and is producing a magnificent display of fragrant, pea-like flowers. This large deciduous climber has twining stems and the flowers are more visible because it flowers on bare stems or just emerging foliage. There are named cultivars in shades of mauve, pink and white.

Plant of the Day

Thursday 7 April 2022

This Buddleja crispa (Himalayan butterfly bush) has be trained as a wall shrub and before the felty, grey-green leaves emerge the peeling bark trunk makes a great sculptural feature. In summer the new shoots will bear racemes of small, pale lavender flowers, with a white eye.

Plant of the Day

Friday 17 December 2021

On the outer wall of this garden the fruit trees are trained using traditional wooden lathes and fabric ties . The majority of these trees appeared to be Prunus cultivars (edible cherry) including one which was being trained into a corner location at The Newt, Somerset, UK.

Plant of the Day

Sunday 14 March 2021

There are a number of winter flowering shrubs including Lonicera elisae (Elisa's honeysuckle, shrub honeysuckle). This twiggy, upright, deciduous shrub can be a free standing plant or if space is short it can be trained against a fence or wall. The delicate hanging, trumpet-shaped flowers are cream, flushed with pink, and appear from mid-winter to early spring, followed by red berries. The spring foliage is purple and turns green in summer.

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 22 July 2020

Trained on a south-facing wall this Indigofera heterantha (Himalayan indigo) was putting on a show of pink flowers which were being appreciated by the local bee population. This deciduous shrub can be grown as an herbaceous plant in colder areas and can make over 1m of annual growth.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 20 March 2018

The graphic outline of Buddleja crispa (Himalayan butterfly bush) against this white wall provides plenty of winter interest. In the wild, including Nepal and North India, this plant grows in locations such as dry river beds or slopes with boulders, so this plant needs full sun, good drainage and shelter. This species is not totally hardy which is why it has been trained on this house for protection - all the old flower heads will be pruned back in the spring.