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I have 8ft.high stone walls on two sides of the garden, up till a few
weeks ago they were both covered in ivy, I have left one covered cos it suits the area but am thinking about planting a climbing hydrangea on the other, are they as robust as ivy and will I regret it in a few years time? advice would be appreciated:-) kate |
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They are deciduous, so you'll be faced with a bunch of bare twigs in winter.
They also tend to grow outwards from the wall quite some distance - so it will be more like having a big shrub growing in front of the wall than a thin coating of ivy. Mal "Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... I have 8ft.high stone walls on two sides of the garden, up till a few weeks ago they were both covered in ivy, I have left one covered cos it suits the area but am thinking about planting a climbing hydrangea on the other, are they as robust as ivy and will I regret it in a few years time? advice would be appreciated:-) kate |
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snipI'm not sure if anything is as robust as ivy! But I don't think
you'll regret your Hydrangea. I think they're wonderful but my own experience of them is that they take a time to get going. It's important to plant it about 2' out from the wall and leaning towards it, so that the plant is out of any rain shadow and gets watered by nature. But you have to remember to take over from nature in dry weather. thank you both for your interest, I think I will have a go they sound rather good :-) kate |
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Kate Morgan24/3/04 9:40
snipI'm not sure if anything is as robust as ivy! But I don't think you'll regret your Hydrangea. I think they're wonderful but my own experience of them is that they take a time to get going. It's important to plant it about 2' out from the wall and leaning towards it, so that the plant is out of any rain shadow and gets watered by nature. But you have to remember to take over from nature in dry weather. thank you both for your interest, I think I will have a go they sound rather good :-) kate They are. So - be patient; plant the roots at least two feet out from the wall and be prepared to water in dry weather. You will have a lovely plant that enhances your garden. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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snipI'm not sure if anything is as robust as ivy! But I don't think
you'll regret your Hydrangea. I think they're wonderful but my own experience of them is that they take a time to get going. It's important to plant it about 2' out from the wall and leaning towards it, so that the plant is out of any rain shadow and gets watered by nature. But you have to remember to take over from nature in dry weather. thank you both for your interest, I think I will have a go they sound rather good :-) kate |
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Kate Morgan24/3/04 9:40
snipI'm not sure if anything is as robust as ivy! But I don't think you'll regret your Hydrangea. I think they're wonderful but my own experience of them is that they take a time to get going. It's important to plant it about 2' out from the wall and leaning towards it, so that the plant is out of any rain shadow and gets watered by nature. But you have to remember to take over from nature in dry weather. thank you both for your interest, I think I will have a go they sound rather good :-) kate They are. So - be patient; plant the roots at least two feet out from the wall and be prepared to water in dry weather. You will have a lovely plant that enhances your garden. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha
They are. So - be patient; plant the roots at least two feet out from the wall and be prepared to water in dry weather. You will have a lovely plant that enhances your garden. Hello I really like the look of climbing hydrangeas and couldnt resist getting a very small but cheap plant from woolies round the corner from me. My question is can you grow them in a pot without a wall? I only hear of them as being grown up shady walls. And my problem is i dont have any walls! My thin terrace garden is just surrounded by wobbly wire fencing. I am thinking that if i can keep it in a pot maybe by the time i move to a house with a walled gardens it will be big enough to plant. sarah a |
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from (sahara) contains these words: I really like the look of climbing hydrangeas and couldnt resist getting a very small but cheap plant from woolies round the corner from me. My question is can you grow them in a pot without a wall? I only hear of them as being grown up shady walls. And my problem is i dont have any walls! My thin terrace garden is just surrounded by wobbly wire fencing. I am thinking that if i can keep it in a pot maybe by the time i move to a house with a walled gardens it will be big enough to plant. It might grow a bit quicker than you can save up....... Try growing it up the back of the house? -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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The message
from (sahara) contains these words: I really like the look of climbing hydrangeas and couldnt resist getting a very small but cheap plant from woolies round the corner from me. My question is can you grow them in a pot without a wall? I only hear of them as being grown up shady walls. And my problem is i dont have any walls! My thin terrace garden is just surrounded by wobbly wire fencing. I am thinking that if i can keep it in a pot maybe by the time i move to a house with a walled gardens it will be big enough to plant. It might grow a bit quicker than you can save up....... Try growing it up the back of the house? -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in message ...
It might grow a bit quicker than you can save up....... Try growing it up the back of the house? Although i do have a small wall at the back of the house it is right next to the access path and then after that comes the garden. I dont think the neighbours would like it if i dug up the path and planted a hydrangea. hmm. i think i will leave it in a biggish pot and see how it fares. |
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote in message ...
It might grow a bit quicker than you can save up....... Try growing it up the back of the house? Although i do have a small wall at the back of the house it is right next to the access path and then after that comes the garden. I dont think the neighbours would like it if i dug up the path and planted a hydrangea. hmm. i think i will leave it in a biggish pot and see how it fares. |
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
... The message from (sahara) contains these words: I really like the look of climbing hydrangeas and couldnt resist..... I am thinking that if i can keep it in a pot maybe by the time i move to a house with a walled gardens it will be big enough to plant. It might grow a bit quicker than you can save up....... If it's a hydrangea petiolaris, I have a very small one (5 cm pot) that I planted 3 years ago which has only just started to put on growth (it's still only about 12 inches tall now), but I believe that it's normal for them to be very slow to get going. |
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