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Plants for fence?
On 7/3/08 11:24, in article , "Eddy"
wrote: Pam Moore wrote: I would suggest trying a clematis armandii, which is evergreen, grows fast and can be trained along the fence. You could try growing a clematis montana, which also grows fast but is not fully evergreen but the two could be allowed to grow together. For ground cover I would try periwinkle (vinca). There are small leaved ones which spread but stay low and have either blue/mauve or white flowers, and there's a variegated one which spreads but can be cut back each. It has nice blue/purple flowers. Thanks, Pam. Yes, periwinkle seems to be listed as being suitable for shade OR full sun. Somewhere I read something that suggested that vinca minor would be better than vinca major. Can't remember why. Eddy. Invasiveness, perhaps? There's a *very* pretty Vinca minor called V. Azurea Flore Pleno with a pretty double flower. I like V. oxyloba too. But for ground cover, I would very, very strongly suggest Geranium Jolly Bee. This is a true geranium, not a pelargonium. It has intensely blue flowers and goes on and on for a very long time. We have some on a bank just outside the gate and it has spread and covered a large area quite quickly. On the whole it's better than G. Johnson's Blue, IMO. But Vinca while useful, will take over and cover everything else, so I wouldn't recommend the two together. What would look good with the G. Jolly Bee, coming over the edge of the fenced area, would be Rosa The Fairy. I've seen it described as clump forming but ours seems to grow in arching sprays which would look very pretty growing down a wall or bank. There must be other roses that would look good doing that and so would the perennial sweet pea, Lathyrus latifolius (unscented though) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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