Help! I wat to grow an everygreen climber - any suggestions?
 

Hi,

After having a garden which was just totally overgrown for a year i managed to dig up all of the huge trees/bushes and have a lovely lawn on the way. Now my next plan was to cover a rather boring wall with a trellis and climber. However after a quick trip to the local garden centre i was told that it was too late for me to grow a climber as it will die when winter comes. He suggested i could buy a pre grown climber but that is no good to me as i dont have a car and therefore no way of getting it home.

I was hoping therefore that there might be a year round climber that is quite hardy.

Any help would be seriously appreciated.

Help! I wat to grow an everygreen climber - any suggestions?
 

Any help would be seriously appreciated.

Why did you get rid of the trees? What is your goal?


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Help! I wat to grow an everygreen climber - any suggestions?
 

On Jul 21, 10:01 am, rflook wrote:
Hi,

After having a garden which was just totally overgrown for a year i
managed to dig up all of the huge trees/bushes and have a lovely lawn
on the way. Now my next plan was to cover a rather boring wall with a
trellis and climber. However after a quick trip to the local garden
centre i was told that it was too late for me to grow a climber as it
will die when winter comes. He suggested i could buy a pre grown
climber but that is no good to me as i dont have a car and therefore no
way of getting it home.

I was hoping therefore that there might be a year round climber that is
quite hardy.

Any help would be seriously appreciated.

--
rflook

Where on this earth are you?

mle

Help! I wat to grow an everygreen climber - any suggestions?
 

However after a quick trip to the local garden centre i was told that
it was too late for me to grow a climber as it will die when winter
comes.

Any climber? That seems like kind of a sweeping statement. Perhaps
they were trying to sell you the pre grown climbers? Most perennials
do well with fall planting. Summer can be OK too if they get enough
water while it is hot and they aren't established yet.

What is your location and what are you looking for in this plant?
Foliage (all year round? fall colors?)? Showy flowers? Fragrant
flowers? Fruit (grapes? Some kind of espalied tree?)?

Things like beans and peas can grow up a trellis too although they are
mostly annuals so you might have been looking for something which
lasts more of the year.