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Trellis screen.
Hi all. I'm new to the newsgroup and to gardening. Could someone give me a
bit of advice on what plants to use for a trellis screen? The trellis will be 1.8 x 1.8 metre but in an area that is sometimes exposed to high winds. I am using fairly heavy duty panels for that reason but don't know what plants will be suitable. Although sometimes windy it is a sunny aspect. I live in Cornwall. |
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Trellis screen.
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:46:02 +0100, "Briton"
(no need for Mail) wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the newsgroup and to gardening. Could someone give me a bit of advice on what plants to use for a trellis screen? The trellis will be 1.8 x 1.8 metre but in an area that is sometimes exposed to high winds. I am using fairly heavy duty panels for that reason but don't know what plants will be suitable. Although sometimes windy it is a sunny aspect. I live in Cornwall. A very old Treseders catalogue that I treasure lists the following as climbers suitable for coastal exposu Actinidia chinensis (Chinese gooseberry or Kiwi fruit) Akebia quinata Clematis cirrhosa balearica Hedera helix varieties (Ivy) Jasminum nudiflorum Lonicera giraldii (honeysuckle) L.japonica varieties L.periclymenum varieties L.similis delavayi Muehlenbeckia complexa Parthenocissus tricuspidata P. quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Polygonum baldschuanicum (Russian vine; Mile-a-minute!) Vitis coignettiae V.vinifera varieties Wistaria sinensis I'll leave it to you to sort out which would be best for your situation, but some of them are 'clingers', ideal for walls but not really suitable for a trellice (you want twiners, or else tie them in by hand). Others are too vigorous (I wouldn't touch polygonum with a barge pole, and muehlenbeckia goes up at least 70ft on Tresco!). Many are not evergreen. I think I'd go for a honeysuckle. Burncoose nurseries near Redruth is a good place to ask for advice. See also www.burncoose.co.uk for a catalogue. A 1.8 metre high trellice exposed to high winds will require substantial posts, set deep in the ground (rule of thumb for fencing: half as deep as the panel is high), or well propped. -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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Trellis screen.
Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:46:02 +0100, "Briton" (no need for Mail) wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the newsgroup and to gardening. Could someone give me a bit of advice on what plants to use for a trellis screen? The trellis will be 1.8 x 1.8 metre but in an area that is sometimes exposed to high winds. I am using fairly heavy duty panels for that reason but don't know what plants will be suitable. Although sometimes windy it is a sunny aspect. I live in Cornwall. A very old Treseders catalogue that I treasure lists the following as climbers suitable for coastal exposu Actinidia chinensis (Chinese gooseberry or Kiwi fruit) Akebia quinata Clematis cirrhosa balearica Hedera helix varieties (Ivy) Jasminum nudiflorum Lonicera giraldii (honeysuckle) L.japonica varieties L.periclymenum varieties L.similis delavayi Muehlenbeckia complexa Parthenocissus tricuspidata P. quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Polygonum baldschuanicum (Russian vine; Mile-a-minute!) Vitis coignettiae V.vinifera varieties Wistaria sinensis I'll leave it to you to sort out which would be best for your situation, but some of them are 'clingers', ideal for walls but not really suitable for a trellice (you want twiners, or else tie them in by hand). Others are too vigorous (I wouldn't touch polygonum with a barge pole, and muehlenbeckia goes up at least 70ft on Tresco!). Many are not evergreen. I think I'd go for a honeysuckle. Burncoose nurseries near Redruth is a good place to ask for advice. See also www.burncoose.co.uk for a catalogue. A 1.8 metre high trellice exposed to high winds will require substantial posts, set deep in the ground (rule of thumb for fencing: half as deep as the panel is high), or well propped. Thanks for your reply, some interesting info there. I pass Burncoose fairly often...will look in sometime. |
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Trellis screen.
"Briton" (no need for Mail) wrote in message ... Hi all. I'm new to the newsgroup and to gardening. Could someone give me a bit of advice on what plants to use for a trellis screen? The trellis will be 1.8 x 1.8 metre but in an area that is sometimes exposed to high winds. I am using fairly heavy duty panels for that reason but don't know what plants will be suitable. Although sometimes windy it is a sunny aspect. I live in Cornwall. I make my own from 2"X1" tanalised roof battens, use screws not nails. -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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