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Re: Any suggestions for Climbers round a new Pergola?

Noisette is starting to interest me after the little I have read. Would they
all stand up to the searing summer heat?

Colette Tremblay wrote:

> I think that the climbing Noisette and Tea (not hybrid tea) roses would be
> lovely and be adapted for such climate. I could find the name of specific
> varieties if you are interested.
>
> Colette Tremblay
> Quebec Canada
>
> Marina & Anthony Green a écrit:
> >
> > Dear fellow gardeners,
> >
> > A neighbour of mine here in Bari, Southern Italy (at sea level on the
> > Adriatic - can anyone tell me what zone this is?) has asked me to help
> > him with a pergola he has just built in his garden.
> > The pergola is about four metres square on the north west side of the
> > garden, fairly sheltered from the sea (which is 200 metres away) by
> > other buildings, and then his  railings and pittosporum hedges. The
> > pergola has adequate soil around the outside, but I don't know the
> > depth. They have two big dogs, too.
> > He was just going to put boring old ivy round it, but to return his
> > great favour of feeding our dogs every day for the last month, I
> > suggested that I would think of a range of climbers that would provide
> > him with scent and colour throughout the year, with some deciduous and
> > some evergreen.
> > I was especially thinking of Lonicera and Jasminum spp., for scent as
> > well as Rosa, Wisteria, Plumbago, Clematis, Passiflora etc. for their
> > looks. Can anyone recommend the sort of sequence I could get from
> > different varieties of these species? How hardy will they be in a long
> > hot summer such as this year (over 35° every day for two months with
> > typical Mediterranean summer rainfall - just occasional showers when we
> > were lucky), with no real frost in the winter (snow every four years or
> > so).
> > As alternatives, does anyone have any experience with Fremontia,
> > Clianthus, Celastrus, Campsis, etc.?
> > Any other plants you can recommend?
> >
> > Obviously, in the end, the choice will come down to just three or four
> > different species, with perhaps more than one variety of, say, Lonicera.
> >
> > Look forward to hearing some great ideas!
> >
> > Anthony Green
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