On 2009-05-06 08:12:39 +0100, Jim and Vicki
said:
'Spider[_2_ Wrote:
;842973']"Jim and Vicki" wrote
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Can anyone recommend quick growing climbers to cover a 4ft chain link
fence? Preferably evergreen, and an additional benefit would be
flowering. I've been warned off russian vine, and have so far
planted
an evergreen honeysuckle and a piracantha.
Thanks everyone!
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Jim and Vicki-
Hi Jim and Vicki,
It would help if we knew where you were and which way the fence faces.
The
two plants you've named could suit sun or shade, and they're both
reasonably
hardy, so they're not giving any clues about climate. Do your plants
need
to be hardy?
However, I'll make one or two suggestions off the top of my head, and
you
may have to do a little research on Google.
Trachelsopermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine): white flowers
Ceanothus cultivars (no more a climber than Pyracantha, but also used
as a
wall shrub):
blue flowers
Clematis armandii: white flowers
Chaenomeles cultivars (Flowering Quince): Red, coral, pink or white
flowers - will need tying in, but would give good colour and bee food
early
in the season. Not evergreen, but much used as a screen.
Will keep thinking. That extra information would help.
Spider
REALLY sorry - we are in south england with a south east facing garden.
Sorry!!!
It helps everyone to help you because of different climate conditions
etc. You might also be able to consider Rosa banksiae lutea, which
seems to be evergreen with us and lost some, but by no means all, of
its leaves this winter here in South Devon. It depends rather on how
cold your garden gets in winter - how frosty for how long. Clematis
rehderiana is also semi-evergreen with us and grows like wildfire but
would need keeping under control to some extent and training along,
rather than just going up and up. Its great advantage is that it
flowers late in the year and the little bell like flowers smell of
cowslips. Schisandra chinensis is another possible for you. At 4' in
height, much of what's on offer is going to need some tying in to get
it going sideways, as well as keeping it within bounds.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials
South Devon