Narrow flowerbed against fence
On 5/20/2007 4:11 PM, texas_gardener wrote:
I have a double driveway in my back of my property with an about a 1'
flower bed between the edge of the drive and the wooden laticed
fence. I'd love to cover the fence on both sides with something.
North Texas, I've got plenty of water, and would like the least labor
intensive choice.
I was thinking honeysuckle or lilac, or perhaps hedge roses. Lilac I
think, however, is too big. Don't know much about all this...
Thanks!
You might consider jasmine. Star will flower off and on year round;
Confederate flowers once a year in spring for one or two weeks. I
haven't seen Asian flower at all.
All three climb, but Asian will want to run on the ground: makes a great
ground cover down here but can be invasive. I've seen 10-15' runners
along the base of a fence or wall. Star and Confederate both smell
heavenly when flowering.
Good luck with the bees.
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