Hi Amanda!

Thanks for the tip. I imagined that would be the case, it's just that I
think the concrete might be quite thick, part of the house's foundations.
I'll investigate further.

Thanks, Rick


"amanda pope" wrote in message
...
The plant will grow in the container but you would be much better off
lifting a slab, excavating the construction material and replacing with
soil.

Your container will dry out rapidly in the summer and you will risk
loosing
the plant if you go on holiday

when your container disintegrates you will be left with a difficult job to
replace it.

The container will check the growth of the creeper and you may not get the
desired results.

As usual a little hard work now will pay dividends in the future.


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Prof Rollerball wrote in message
...
Hi!

I would like to train Virginia Creeper over the back wall of our house,
which is surrounded by a paved area with concrete underneath. I don't
want
to have to dig through the concrete, so I wonder would Virginia Creeper
grow
well if planted in a large planter box, say 2ft x 2ft x 18in deep?
(That
is
the size of hole filled with prepared soil a gardeing book suggests.)

Cheers, Rick