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Russian vine
In article .com, "Renee" writes: | | I posted them earlier, Nick. I'm looking for something that will cover | a fence that is roughly 25 foot long by 5 foot high. I want something | with small flowers, easy to maintain, and which will also mask the | fence, which is quite unsightly. I'm not sure about the soil, but the | fence is south-facing. There used to be blackberry bushes there, but | we had them all uprooted years ago. (Although shoots sometimes still | appear through the lawn!) Consider any of the more vigorous, small-flowered clematis or lonicera (including the natives C. vitalba and L. periclymenum). The various hydrangea relatives and (primarily for foliage) Parthenocissus are also appropriate. In warmer areas there are lots of other things, too. Most need something to cling onto, but the hydrangea relatives and Parthenocissus don't. There are also ivies by the dozen, which don't, either. Clematis armandii is excellent if the fence is strong enough and it can have a few wires tacked into it. It is the best of the evergreen climbers for such a purpose (in most of the UK, that is), and is spectacular in spring. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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