Eccremocarpus scaber - how does it climb?
 

I'm reading conflicting information on this. Would anyone who has
actually grown it like to say if it climbs like ivy - IE, will climb
almost anything? Or is it more like a pea - needs trellis or netting to
help it up a wall?

I want it to cover an old brick wall.

TIA

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:19 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

I'm reading conflicting information on this. Would anyone who has
actually grown it like to say if it climbs like ivy - IE, will climb
almost anything? Or is it more like a pea - needs trellis or netting to
help it up a wall?

I want it to cover an old brick wall.

TIA

If it's the 'Chilean Glory Vine' then it needs netting, or some other
such support to wrap around.

Regards,



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"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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I'm reading conflicting information on this. Would anyone who has
actually grown it like to say if it climbs like ivy - IE, will climb
almost anything? Or is it more like a pea - needs trellis or netting to
help it up a wall?

I want it to cover an old brick wall.
TIA
Steve

Needs support to be able to climb.

IMO it won't do a great job at covering your wall. It does not have very dense
foliage.

Jenny

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
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I'm reading conflicting information on this. Would anyone who has
actually grown it like to say if it climbs like ivy - IE, will climb
almost anything? Or is it more like a pea - needs trellis or netting to
help it up a wall?

I want it to cover an old brick wall.

TIA


I think this might be what I had at the house I used to rent (been trying to
identify it for a while!) Is this the one which develops nice big fat pods
full of peas after flowering?

If so, then I can tell you that it won't cling to walls, but will twine
around trellis etc. but doesn't seem to go woody, so it's not as sturdy as
many climbers.

cheers,
G.A.

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Steve Harris wrote:
I'm reading conflicting information on this. Would anyone who has
actually grown it like to say if it climbs like ivy - IE, will climb
almost anything? Or is it more like a pea - needs trellis or netting to
help it up a wall?

I want it to cover an old brick wall.

All other postings so far are roughly correct, but not entirely. It
is a somewhat straggling climber, using multi-branched tendrils that
need something to hang on to - but will grab onto very rough brick.
But only VERY rough brick. It is woody, but only weakly so, and is
borderline hardy in the colder parts - it will die back to the ground
in cold winters. But it produced ripe seed in any halfway decent
summer, and will establish itself as a repetitive annual as well as
regrowing from the base.

It is a good climber to soften a wall - if it isn't red brick, then
the cherry red form is more attractive, but it clashes with red brick.
It will not HIDE a wall.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , (Nick
Maclaren) wrote:

using multi-branched tendrils that
need something to hang on to - but will grab onto very rough brick.
But only VERY rough brick.

It's fairly rough but perhaps I'd better add some net.

It is a good climber to soften a wall - if it isn't red brick

Ah, I've bought the yellow-flowered form from Chiltern Seeds :-)

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