On 20/01/2015 09:48, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote

A good few years ago I...er....acquired some seed from a pink L.
latifolius that was growing in a garden hedge adjacent to a road I
used to walk along regularly. They produced both white and pink
varieties. The white one has since died out, but the pink one comes up
every year and scrambles about in a shrub border and hedge behind, and
gets stripped out in late autumn after it's died back. Very attractive
IMO.


Do you think one would do well climbing up a camellia tree? How tall
will it reach? I could give it something to scramble up until it gets to
the branches but the trouble may be it's not in a sunny position, sun
first and last thing but the top of the camellia (about 15ft) does get
more sun.
I don't think it would do the Camellia any good, I'd find a less dense
bush for it, I've never had them grow more than about 8 ft, 6ft is more
common but they can get quite dense.
David