"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 21/10/07 14:22, in article , "Space"
wrote:
I have finally had enough of looking out of our patio doors into next
doors
conservatory. So I have decided to screen it from my view.
our garden is north facing and any plants to provide a screen would be in
the shade.
I need all year cover. I tried bamboo but it will take forever to grow
to
the desired height.
so I am now considering a 6ft x 4ft trellis and covering it with ivy.
which
ivy will not take over my entire garden?!!
I'm not sure where you live but for evergreen screening, flowers and rapid
growth, I would recommend Holboellia coriacea. Ivy can take some time to
get going, even though it is attractive. Holboellias are quite rampant
but
you can hack them back to where you want them quite mercilessly, after
they've flowered. The flowers are small, open in May and are very sweetly
scented.
In a fairly mild climate you might consider Clematis armandii, winter
flowering and evergreen.
Thanks for the suggestions - I am in Liverpool. Where we live can be quite
windy, our back garden has an open aspect.
ideally I would like to erect a pergola outside the patio doors and grow a
climber over it. A trellis may be a bit in your face to the neighbours.
also a flowering shrub, or one that should flower in the right conditions,
is more preferable to dense curtain of ivy.
I've checked out the clematis - it would not flower all over the pergola.
but I would get some flowers where the pergola does not sit in the sun.
I tried planting bamboo in pots but they are taking forever and a day to
creep their way over a five foot fence.