covering a chain link fence?
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Comments (5)You may know that the ideal plant might not exist, in that it might not cover the fence at all times of the year, but I think your best bet would be a native (can usually take all weather conditions) that is also a vine. Here is a link to such plants for Oklahoma http://www.ehow.com/list_7190473_native-oklahoma-vining-plants.html Here's another site for best hedges for oklahoma, you will want something evergreen and hopefully native http://www.gardenguides.com/110375-hedges-plant-oklahoma.html...See MoreLooking for the best vining plant to cover our chain link fence.
Comments (5)Campsis radicans (Trumpet vine) is native, and grows very fast. It takes a few years to get established and bloom, but when it does, the flowers are attractive to Hummingbirds. Virginia creeper is another native vine with nice fall color, berries for birds, and also fast growing (although not as fast as the Campsis). Lonicera sempervirens is the native coral Honeysuckle, a more contained grower, and has lovely blooms also attractive to Hummingbirds. While you're waiting for the perennial vines to fill in, you can plant Morning Glory, Cardinal Climber, Cypress Vine, Moonflower, Spanish Flag, and Hyacinth Bean for quick annual cover. Good growing to you!...See MoreLooking for suggestions on covering a chain link fence with plants
Comments (9)At my last house, I had a chain link fence between my neighbors and myself in a tight row-house situation. I wanted a LOT of privacy. I also could not afford the time and money and energy for a fence redo. I went the shrubs route, it worked well. There are many types that are easy peasy to prune, can't hardly go wrong, like ninebark, spirea, arborvitae, yew, various viburnum, butterfly bush, fothergilla, etc. Those were some bushes I planted. Actually, I also had a row of raspberry bushes that I trellised up against the fence that were nice looking and gave me a nice edible product, and in another spot a climbing rose! Looked ratty in winter though. That's why I had a mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs. There are also bushy maples, (commonly called "hedge maple" can't remember the scientific name), and quite a few other trees, such as crab apples, that can be pruned into a tall hedge. Just be careful, apples and cedar shrubs (juniper, for example) don't mix, they are co hosts for cedar apple rust, a fungus which can cause a problem for both plants, unless you buy varieties that are immune. Currants also carry a rust fungus that hurts pines. The nice thing about a shrub border is if you ever do get the money to replace the fence, you don't lose the foliage, or at least most of it....See MoreCombining roses and climbers/vines to cover a chain link fence?
Comments (4)Any time climbers are combined on shared surfaces specific kinds must be chosen that have comparable vigor in order for them to play well together. Even then consistently undertaken pruning and training will be required in order to get a good initial furnishing from top to bottom as well as keeping the planting confined to the same general size and shape of your fence going forward indefinitely into the future. These requirements are always present whether such a planting consists of one kind of climber or more than one. With two significant involved factors producing the need for doing this work being that - most climbers will grow right up to the top of a fence and bunch up there if not prevented from doing so by early training - most climbers are genetically programmed to grow a lot bigger than 4'-6' tall and the width of a fence. With even comparatively sedate star jasmine eventually reaching 15'-20' tall on a suitable support such as a wall or tree of sufficient height...See Moreaftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
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