On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:45:26 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Paul M. Cook wrote:
I am installing a 8 foot by 6 foot iron trellis for privacy. What is
a good plant that would cover the trellis relatively quickly and not
require a lot of attention other than watering and some occasional
trimming?

Your specification is contradictory. You want it to grow quickly until it
covers the trellis and then to grow slowly, how can that be?

He don't say it should begin to grow slowly, he says not a lot of
attention and *occasional trimming*. That description fits a lot of
trellis plantings... even grapes require only two prunings per year.
And the growth habit of most plants slow down as they mature.