How to build your own pergola
Build a pergola in your garden, it provides a soft screen from neighbours, shelter for a walkway or to frame a feature This is a great project to carry out at home with instant results achievable over a weekend. There are many reasons of building ... [... more]
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Build a pergola
Pergolas are both practical and decorative, providing support for climbing plants, while giving the garden structure. Follow our guide to building your own pergola. Plan your pergola location and measure the space available. Think about what the ... [... more]
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Ultima Pergola with Shades
 One of the simplest ways to add a highly decorative feature to your garden.They not only look good, but they make the perfect spot for shade in the summer months or shelter when it turns a little colder.A Pergola Kit complete with three fabric shades. [... more]
£599.00
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Stretcher Bond for free standing Brick Piers
A free standing brick pier (or isolated pier as it is sometimes called) is a pillar of brickwork not connected to a wall. It can be used to carry the ends of beams to form a pergola, the base of a sundial or bird bath, or for hanging garden ... [... more]
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Creative ways with clematis
How to plant a clematis and cover walls, trellis, pergolas and wigwams. There's a clematis for every season and every colour scheme, and plenty of options for displaying the beautiful flowers. Whether you train your plant to climb over a pergola ... [... more]
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Planting and pruning
Roses are one of the great summer sights, and they aren't limited to old-fashioned formal beds - train them over arches and up pergolas. Even if your garden is the size of a bathtub, there's bound to be a rose to suit. The best way to choose a ... [... more]
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Rosa multiflora 'Rambling Rector'
A rampant, vigorous rose, it makes an impressive tangled mass of growth when allowed to romp up a tree, although its bendy stems can also be trained around a pillar or over a pergola. It flowers once, in summer, when it's covered in a mass of ... [... more]
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Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii'
This variety of Boston ivy has shallow-lobed leaves, creating a jagged appearance. The leaves change colour in autumn to a fiery purplish red. It makes a much more decorative plant for a wall or pergola than the normal species Parthenocissus ... [... more]
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Clematis montana
Clematis montana is a vigorous climber that is perfect for covering large supports such as pergolas or walls. From late spring to early summer, it is a sight to behold as it becomes covered in white flowers. Like all early-flowering clematis, it ... [... more]
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Humulus lupulus 'Aureus'
The golden hop is a spectacular twining climber with bright gold foliage that remains attractive throughout summer it needs a sunny spot to develop its full colour - in shade it is light green. Use it to cover an arch or pergola, where its self ... [... more]
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Muehlenbeckia complexa
A fast-growing, twining climbing that produces tiny greenish-white, star-like, scented flowers at the end of summer when many other climbers are packing up. Grow it against a system of wall wires, or train up pergolas and pillars. It can also be ... [... more]
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Lonicera similis var. delavayii
Honeysuckle's are vigorous growing climbers that will quickly cover a garden fence, pergola or old tree stump. This one produces attractive bright golden buds that open to reveal delicate white petals with a rich fragrance. Honeysuckles are often ... [... more]
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