Vines for clay soil
Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil?
I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks |
Vines for clay soil
On Mar 20, 8:40 am, "claudia" wrote:
Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks Google suggests that silverlace vine (Russian vine, mile-a-minute vine, Polygonum aubertii) and some honeysuckles (sempervirens, periclymenum, hispidula) might work. I don't have any experience with growing them in clay, though. -- Jerry Friedman |
Vines for clay soil
claudia wrote:
Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks I believe that neither ivy (genus Hedera) nor grapes are fussy about soils. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
Vines for clay soil
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:54 -0800, "David E. Ross"
wrote: claudia wrote: Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks I believe that neither ivy (genus Hedera) nor grapes are fussy about soils. Gwacious! Why do you think the French (and now the U.S.) are so choosy about the type of soil Wine Grape "x" grows in! That's supposed to be practically the #1 factor for winemakers. Maybe the grapes aren't "fussy" but the vintners certainly are! Persephone |
Vines for clay soil
Persephone wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:54 -0800, "David E. Ross" wrote: claudia wrote: Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks I believe that neither ivy (genus Hedera) nor grapes are fussy about soils. Gwacious! Why do you think the French (and now the U.S.) are so choosy about the type of soil Wine Grape "x" grows in! That's supposed to be practically the #1 factor for winemakers. Maybe the grapes aren't "fussy" but the vintners certainly are! Persephone Although soils are indeed important, good wine is more determined by climate than by soils. For table grapes, however, soils are generally not really important. In any case, I was responding to a question about growing a vine on a fence, not about viticulture. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 |
Vines for clay soil
In article .com, "claudia" wrote:
Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks Boston Ivy |
Vines for clay soil
"claudia" wrote in news:1174401624.381780.291710
@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks Clematis paniculata grows like a weed in my clay soil. |
Vines for clay soil
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:49:31 GMT, Rob wrote:
"claudia" wrote in news:1174401624.381780.291710 : Does anybody can recommend a vine that will grow in heavy clay soil? I need to close a big fence but I am not willing to amend the soil. Thanks Clematis paniculata grows like a weed in my clay soil. I have nice clay soil and I have several vines which do very well. C. paniculata (already mentioned) Campsis radicans 'Flava' aka Trumpet vine Passiflora aka Passion flower, all varieties do well in clay Mascagnia macroptera aka Butterfly vine There are so many it is hard to name a fraction. I have these above and I live in USDA Zone 8b, Texas |
Vines for clay soil
I just had our walk along the garage enclosed with gates and a hoop and net set up so
the paniculata, virginia creeper and kiwi can run rampant and make a covered walk . last 2 years I had to whack the paniculata back because it overwhelmed the fence it was on and it grew back with vigor. I am looking forward to how it does this year. Ingrid Rob wrote: Clematis paniculata grows like a weed in my clay soil. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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