"Jake" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:13:35 +0100, "Endulini"
wrote:

Hi,

I was looking to plant some climbers to help add some height to a fence,
the
fence itself is around 6 foot hight but to give it a bit more am I within
my
rights to tack on a small bit of trellis to the inside of the fence to
give
them something to hang on to? If it helps it's a non-shared fence i.e.
there's a footpath on the other side rather than someone else's garden.

Thanks

I'd be worried that the trellis, being obviously weaker than the
fence, might attract the vandal element walking along the footpath and
might get pulled down from the other side. As Shazzbat and Vicky point
out, apart from that risk, the weight of a climber would probably pull
the trellis down anyway. If you did want to to something, I'd suggest
getting the strong square type of trellis (rather than weaker diamond
types) and then fixing longer fence posts to your existing fence posts
(drill right through and bolt them together) and attaching the trellis
to that.

Given the time it could take a climber to grow anyway, have you
considered planting some shrubs against the fence? Some will happily
grow to 8 feet in a few years and you could then add some climbing
roses, for example, to grow up through the shrubs for added interest.

I'm not making suggestions for shrubs as you don't say where you are
and how much space in front of/length of fence you have.

FWIW, I'm in the East Midlands, it's about 15m long and the inside of the
fence is north facing. I'd definitely be interested in any suggestions