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Plants for fence?
Pam Moore wrote:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:46:55 GMT, Eddy wrote: Can anyone suggest two attractive evergreen plants for along a fence? See the following pictu http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/g...eedofcover.jpg The position is south-facing and gets full sun - and, in winter, full frost! Along the road (as shown in blue) I'ld like to plant some natural-looking evergreen groundcover. To tumble from all along the top of the fence another natural-looking evergreen is needed, preferably NOT aubrietia - which we already have enough of elsewhere. I would suggest trying a clematis armandii, which is evergreen, grows fast and can be trained along the fence. The OP said that the fence gets full frost in winter. I wouldn't chance C. armandii in that position. And if it did survive, it would cover the whole fence, the ground, the next field, and half the county in a few years. But I'm not cutting mine down - it looks fabulous at the moment. 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. See above warning - goes double for C. montana. It would be useful to know the soil type and approximately where in the country these plants are required. -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
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