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Old 24-09-2003, 10:32 PM
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Default wanted - rapidly growing climber for fence (Sydney)

In article , Terry Collins wrote:
rapdor wrote:

Blackeyed Susan will provide a dense, colourful cover that is easy to
control.


Please No.
This stuff is invasive of bushland something c[h]ronic.

Try a Pandorea vine from your local nursery. Okay, it will take a couple


I hadn't thought of that. Now that I think of it, /Pandorea/ does
inhabit a similar niche to black eyed susan (don't like to capitalise
weeds, it lends them legitimacy), and is a much more rewarding plant
to grow over the medium term. The difference between the vigour of
the cultivars and the bushland specimens is noticable, and not
entirely due to environemntal differences judging from the seedlings
we have growing from our cultivars.


of years, but currently ours has a massive display of flowers.



Yes, very rewarding plants to grow, and smell nice at dusk when you
are bringing the washing in (assuming that you have a specimen next to
the washing line).


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