shade tol. vines?
Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off
the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
shade tol. vines?
"Betsy" wrote in message ... | Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off | the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several | hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I | could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much | direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably | couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. | | thanks! betsy | | Old-fashioned trailing/climbing nasturtiums might be tried. You'd probably need to send away for the seeds (Burpee usually has them). Nasturtiums were never favorites here, but they've become valuable in just the circumstances you describe. They made it through the entire summer's heat in terra-cotta pots, and through the winter also, and are now blooming like crazy again. They make better trailers than climbers. There is a lavender lantana that trails. Some types of thyme and oregano would be pretty in the circumstances you describe. They really don't seem to care for summer sun all day long and have done well trailing from pots. |
shade tol. vines?
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http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/txnativevine.html On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:29:57 -0500, "Betsy" wrote: Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
shade tol. vines?
Hi - thanks for the response - and this list was really informative. The
trouble for me is the shaded location, however. Most of these look like they need full sun. Any additional advice much appreciated! "animaux" wrote in message ... Take a look he http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/txnativevine.html On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:29:57 -0500, "Betsy" wrote: Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
shade tol. vines?
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http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/vines/ On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 06:36:07 -0500, "Betsy" wrote: Hi - thanks for the response - and this list was really informative. The trouble for me is the shaded location, however. Most of these look like they need full sun. Any additional advice much appreciated! "animaux" wrote in message .. . Take a look he http://gardeninglaunchpad.com/txnativevine.html On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:29:57 -0500, "Betsy" wrote: Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
shade tol. vines?
I would try maybe a purple potato vine, even a hops vine if you are into
something like that. Also Passion flowers would work great for that location. They have beautiful and very intense shaped flowers. We sell these all and have a pretty good selection now. Good Luck dave Gardens of the Ancients www.gardensoftheancients.com "Betsy" wrote in message ... Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
shade tol. vines?
I would try maybe a purple potato vine, even a hops vine if you are into
something like that. Also Passion flowers would work great for that location. They have beautiful and very intense shaped flowers. We sell these all and have a pretty good selection now. Good Luck dave Gardens of the Ancients www.gardensoftheancients.com "Betsy" wrote in message ... Hi all - I have a large planter built onto the house and about 5 feet off the ground. It gets a few hours of direct morning sunlight and then several hours of bright indirect light. Any advice about cascading vining plants I could put in it, something that would tolerate summer heat but not need much direct light? the planter is no more than 18 inches deep so it probably couldn't be a large woody vine, just something herbaceous. thanks! betsy |
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