Plant Selections

Callistemon citrinus splendens … Ceanothus concha … Chaenomeles speciosa rubra ... Passion flowers … Exochorda x macrantha The Bridge … Ficus carica … Hydrangea anomola petiolaris … Photinia x fraseri Red Robbin … Pyracantha Orange Glow...

Climbers and wall shrubs can all be used to adorn vertical structures but need different amounts of support. Climbers will attach themselves to walls, trellises or fences with little or no help. Wall shrubs, on the other hand, need to be attached to side elevations and are grown, therefore, on trellis supports so that they form the correct shapes and structures.

Typical climbers stocked at TENDERCARE are clematis, evergreen jasmine, wisterias and ivys – on trellises and cans from two meters upwards. Some of our Clematis are eight meters tall, grown in plastic cylinders.

Most people are unaware of the extent of each variety, for example, there is a wide range of wisterias from whites to blues, purples to magentas. Virginia Creepers are another popular selection, along with honeysuckles, climbing roses and hydrangeas.

Popular wall shrubs include the bottle brush climbing hydrangea, evergreen photinia and the prickly pyracantha which flowers in spring and provides as much security as it does pleasure. Pyracanthas can have a range of berries from red to yellow and orange and are also supplied by TENDERCARE grown on wooden fan trellises ready to give instant impact.

		New for 2006 P.CLEAR SKY After many years of growing passion flowers, Tendercare is proud to exclusively offer this amazing climber. As you can see by this picture the difference in flower sizes between P. ’Clear Sky (left) and the common passion flower P. Caerulea. P.’Clear Sky’ is a real show stopper and will bring a hot tropical feel to any garden, quick to establish itself it will flower non-stop from May until October and is a welcomed food plant for all Butterfly's and Bees, happy in full sun / shady. It will tolerate -15oC
P. x exoniensis Is a free flowering passion flower and makes a real show stopper to any garden it will tolerate -2oC. It helps if the plant is large and well rooted which is what you'll find with all our Passiflora in 10L - 35L pots. They are among the largest ready to plant passiflora in the UK!
		New for 2006 P.'Christine Murray' Just one of our new fabulous passiflora hybrids, a bit more tender than most passiflora it makes a great patio or conservatory plant and fills the air with a sweet honey perfume. It will tolerate -1oC (short periods)