Heritage climber for hot sunny wall
brightstar123
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Adam Harbeck
9 years agoingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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Planning: suggestions for the top of a long hot wall?
Comments (9)If you had a few climbers spread out along the wall, and fewer pots, I think the pots would draw your eye better than a continuous row of pots, which doesn't give the eye a place to rest. Does that make any sense? Linda, I think Bonnylynn and Stillwelljill are on the right track. In between the climbers, like clematis or morning glory, you could have pots of rock garden type plants that can handle hot and dry. In addition to portulaca and iceplant (Mesembranthemum is an annual version of iceplant), you could try containers of groundcover sedums, there are quite a few to choose from. I have Angelina, Dragon's Blood, Tricolor, Blue Spruce, Sedum pachyclados and Sedum kamtschaticum variegatum, all of which do well in containers. Hens & Chicks would also tolerate those conditions. There are also ornamental versions of oregano and thyme that would drape over the side nicely. Lavender might work too. All of the things I've mentioned do well for me, and I live in a high desert climate. An average of 12" of precipation per year, and most of that is during the winter months in the form of snow. My elevation is ~ 5,500 ft, so the sun is very intense here. Any plant that thrives here has to be pretty tough! I hope that you will post some pictures next summer, so that we can see if any of these ideas worked for you, and watch your garden progress. Bonnie...See Moreivy-type ground cover for hot sunny location
Comments (9)This is pretty much an impossible question to respond to because there is no ivy-type ground cover that will thrive in a hot, sunny location in our climate. There is a reason that you don't see ivy ground covers in hot, sunny, dry locations with poor soil and that is because they can't survive in those conditions. If your grandmother has English Ivy or Persian Ivy in shade in good soil in the back yard, she's not going to find a comparable ground cover that gives her a similar look in bad soil in a hot, sunny location. The closest thing I can think of would be Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) and I am not even sure it could handle the conditions. Also, it is a climber, and it is going to want to climb the shrubs, the house, etc. It is green in spring and summer, turns red in fall, and then loses its leaves. Virginia creeper (Partheocissus quinquefolia) might be able to survive, but it doesn't really look like ivy....it has 5 leaves and looks more like poison ivy than anything else (it has 5 leaves and poison ivy has 3). It has a relative, Hiedra or Thicket Creeper, (Parthenocissus inserta or P. vitacea) that can take even more sun and is more drought-tolerant, but it is very hard to find and I am not sure if it is commercially available anywhere in Oklahoma. Both Virginia Creeper and Thicket Creeper are deciduous. Their foliage is green in the spring and summer and turns red, puple or mauve in the fall before the leaves fall. And, like Boston Ivy, they will want to climb plants and walls too. You probably need to do your best to improve the soil before you plant whichever ground cover y'all ultimately choose. Better soil that retains moisture will help a plant grow somewhat better in the conditions you've described. Dawn...See More'Mel's Heritage'
Comments (56)Beautiful Jeri!! Just planted mine in the garden last week. Want to move to Jeri's neighborhood, so I can see her roses all the time, but can't take the heat. Now my "ice hole" is burning, it's 90F here right now, way too hot!!! I have to dig 40 holes...... have 40 bare root soaking in the water right now, didn't know they could get here at the same time, ordered on diff days....... I'm wondering if HD has a small digging machine for rent....... mspo, Yours looks great for being in zone 6, hope mine can get to that size. Are you in zone 6a or 6b? How old is yours? Did you grow it from a band?...See Moreneed advice on where to plant heritage and firefighter?
Comments (7)The orientation is important to understand how much direct sun is there and whether it is morning vs. Afternoon sun. I have a 2 season Heritage on a trellis in afternoon sun only and it does fine though in the summer the blooms are prettier in the morning. I fan it out and it is already 5 wide and about 3.5 high. Strawchicago on this forum says Heritage prefers acidic loamy soil due to its more shallow cluster root system vs Dr Huey roots took which is a chunky woody root which can secrete acid to dissolve clay to get nutrients. I agree this one needs lots of water, but be aware that watering with tap water is very alkaline due to the chemicals they add. My soil is so acidic and it rains so much here that the pH of tap doesn't matter. When to plant: supposedly you should avoid stressing the plant during high temperatures and also give it some time to establish in the ground before your first frost, but I don't think frost is an issue for your zone....See Morejacqueline9CA
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