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?

"Paul M. Cook" writes:

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?

Where are you?

Do you need privacy in the winter too?

Lots of vines will cover the trellis.

Many vines will then attempt to
crush the trellis and then take over your house.

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"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?

Grapes come to mind with malabar spinach as an edible vine mixed in.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
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"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?

Grapes come to mind with malabar spinach as an edible vine mixed in.

Grapes are deciduous. I thought you didn't have any soil to plant in?
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merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:16:58 -0700, "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?


Morning Glory

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?

David

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.

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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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?


Well if I knew better I'd not be asking now would I?

Paul

wrote in message ...
"Paul M. Cook" writes:

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?

Where are you?

Do you need privacy in the winter too?

Lots of vines will cover the trellis.

Many vines will then attempt to
crush the trellis and then take over your house.

SoCal. Ideally this would be a perenial if that is the right word. A bush
of some kind.

Paul M. Cook wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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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?


Well if I knew better I'd not be asking now would I?

Paul

The growth rate is determined by the nature of the plant (genetics) and the
conditions. The rate will usually slow down with age because it will start
to run into resource limits but that may or may not be the size you want.
My point is that it will not magically start fast and then slow down at just
the right size. Given enough expertise and effort you can manipulate plants
to do amazing things but you were asking for something that will do what you
want 'out of the box' so to speak. All I am saying is you will have to
accept some compromise either by waiting for a slow grower to get to the
size you want or by doing more work pruning a fast one, or somewhere in
between the two.

David

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?




That depends, of course, on where you live.

silver lace vine
trumpet vine
woodbine ivy
wisteria
grapes


gloria p

morning glory...wisteria....and virginia creeper
I have them all plus grapes and love the shade/privacy
"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
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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?

How would clematis do in zone 9?

I'm liking the idea of creepers and snapdragons. Literature says they don't
require especially great soil. They sound perfect to me.

"Billy" wrote in message
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Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
"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?

Grapes come to mind with malabar spinach as an edible vine mixed in.

Grapes are deciduous. I thought you didn't have any soil to plant in?
--

This is for my front porch where there is soil.

Paul