Climbers for shade
 

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

Climbers for shade
 

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"Freckles" wrote:

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

Feckless, is that you? Humph. Well a professional is a professional, I
suppose. Try English Ivy. It won't grow quickly in shadow but it will
grow with just a bit of Sun. I'm trying to fill in 40 ft. of chain link
fence, underneath oak and bay trees (heaps of shade). It will probably
take another couple of years. Sounds like you have more Sun, so it
shouldn't take that long.
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TzBE0lp4

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html

Climbers for shade
 

Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Freckles" wrote:

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

Feckless, is that you? Humph. Well a professional is a professional, I
suppose. Try English Ivy.

I have tons of this myself. I planted just a couple sprigs back in a
heavily shaded section a few years ago and it is now very dense.

The problem is that this can be quite invasive, the only thing it
doesn't seem to like is full sun. I spent a good deal of yesterday
chopping it back and pulling it off trees, more of the same today!

And if you like invasive, there's wysteria, which seems to like a few
hours of sun.

Jeff




It won't grow quickly in shadow but it will
grow with just a bit of Sun. I'm trying to fill in 40 ft. of chain link
fence, underneath oak and bay trees (heaps of shade). It will probably
take another couple of years. Sounds like you have more Sun, so it
shouldn't take that long.

Climbers for shade
 

Virginia creeper.
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On Thu, 14 May 2009 22:28:50 -0500, "Freckles" wrote:

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan
on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago

Climbers for shade
 

On 5/15/2009 4:27 AM, Jeff wrote:
Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Freckles" wrote:

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

I have tons of this myself. I planted just a couple sprigs back in a
heavily shaded section a few years ago and it is now very dense.

The problem is that this can be quite invasive, the only thing it
doesn't seem to like is full sun. I spent a good deal of yesterday
chopping it back and pulling it off trees, more of the same today!

And if you like invasive, there's wysteria, which seems to like a few
hours of sun.

Jeff

If you want English ivy but are concerned about it growing too
vigorously, consider Hahn's ivy (Hedera helix 'Hahn's'). It's a dwarf
version of English ivy. Of course it will take longer to cover or climb.

--
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 diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

Climbers for shade
 

In article ,
Jeff wrote:

Billy wrote:
In article ,
"Freckles" wrote:

I am trying to find a vine/climber that will grow in an area that receives
only about 2 or 3 hours of sunlight per day. I have found many that will
grow in full or partial sun, but none that will grow where I want to plant
them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Freckles

Feckless, is that you? Humph. Well a professional is a professional, I
suppose. Try English Ivy.

I have tons of this myself. I planted just a couple sprigs back in a
heavily shaded section a few years ago and it is now very dense.

The problem is that this can be quite invasive, the only thing it
doesn't seem to like is full sun. I spent a good deal of yesterday
chopping it back and pulling it off trees, more of the same today!

And if you like invasive, there's wysteria, which seems to like a few
hours of sun.

Jeff

Thanks, I have both, fortunately they are bordered on one side by a
street and on the other by my garden, where it is duly noted and whacked
when it presents a problem (usually once a year).


It won't grow quickly in shadow but it will
grow with just a bit of Sun. I'm trying to fill in 40 ft. of chain link
fence, underneath oak and bay trees (heaps of shade). It will probably
take another couple of years. Sounds like you have more Sun, so it
shouldn't take that long.
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2TzBE0lp4

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050688.html

Hi Freckles, although it depends on how high you want the climber to grow & against what support, how about trying some periwinkle? I've seen this growing a metre and a half high over other shrubs e.g. hawthorne hedge. It's cheap, evergreen and as a bonus has lovely flowers too! Good luck.