ideas for covering chain link fence -- I need privacy!
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Looking for the best vining plant to cover our chain link fence.
Comments (6)Will passion vine grow in zone 4a as a perennial? I know that P. incarnata is one of the hardiest, but not sure it's hardy to that zone. If you try honeysuckle, try to get Lonicera sempervirens or a cultivar of it. They are gorgeous and attract hummingbirds, and will do fine in part shade. Also, Sweet Autumn Clematis would do fine on a chain link, too. It flowers in late summer to early fall, with masses of tiny white blooms that are very fragrant. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelain vine, and I think the name may have been changed by the all too underworked taxonomists), has mottled green/white foliage and produces berries that are purple, blue, white, hence the name "porcelain". It is in the grape family. Aristolochias are vines that do well in part shade, too. They are old-fashioned vines that people used to shade their porches way back when..... A. macrophylla would be the best for you (big leaf pipevine). You may also be lucky enough to get some pipevine swallowtails to lay eggs on them. They do flower, but rather the flowers are usually hidden by the huge heart-shaped foliage. It is called pipevine because the flowers are shaped like meershaum pipes. You could also use other clematis varieties that tolerate partial shade, but I find they do not really provide good coverage of a fence. While your perennial vines are growing and filling in, you can plant some annuals back there, like sweet peas. Those should do well for you in your climate, and there are so many different colors available on today's market. They usually flower in spring. I don't know if you will get a sustained period of heat long enough for morning glories to bloom in your zone. Canary flower would probably do well for you as it likes cooler weather. If I am wrong about passion flower or morning glories, please correct me. Susan...See MoreCovering Chain Link Fence
Comments (1)Hah. I am in the middle of trimming the english ivy on a 50 foot long 12+ foot high chain link fence at the back of my property. It's a three or four day ordeal, and not without some danger since I have to get on a ladder to get at the upper six+ feet. Then comes the shredding. The one plus is that english ivy seems very nutrient rich and all by itself can make for a quite hot compost pile, if you keep it well watered. A big minus for me is that I'm allergic to the ivy dust so I have to wear a full face respirator to keep it out of my eyes and airway. Do not, I repeat, do not try to cover that fence with English Ivy. You'll regret it. The stuff here is very well entrenched and is on a shared fence. I can't even get the other landowner to trim their side of the thing (it's a condominium complex and they say it's too high to trim... Hmmm I'm no spring chicken but I manage to do it on my side!). I wouldn't mind eradicating it but it would take an act of God to get the other neighbor to cooperate. I've removed it from nearly all the interior fencing (the previous owner went nuts with the fences and ivy 30 years ago), and it's not easy to kill or dig up. Adding to the misery - the robins love the ripe berries and then they crap them out all over the place, so I get to rip out ivy sprouts all year to keep it from taking over the entire property. They even appear in potted plants, it's that pernicious. As for what else you could use... well... plastic doesn't need trimming ;-). Alternatively you could plant some sort of hedge before the fence. Out here pittosporum does well. Might not survive an Ohio winter, though. I suppose there's always something like privet (but it's invasive, too). There also may be less aggressive/invasive types of ivy that would be evergreen, suggest you search for those that would work in your climate zone....See MoreUsing old chain link fence posts for a new privacy fence?
Comments (9)I use the process in the article referenced by " pretty_saab"with a slight variation/s. I dome the, vinyl ad-mix, concrete at the posts to prevent the affect of ponding which van occur from soil subsidence, wash the posts with vinegar, prime, using a string line mount the brackets. The field posts are sleeved/enclosed with 1x and 2x for posts where gates are installed. There are any number of capitols available for the post tops, or you can fashion your own....See MoreNeed Ideas for Privacy !!! chain link fence
Comments (13)We are are on a public path and got invaded with ash borer which totally opened up our yard since all the trees had to be cut. We put up Costco's weed fabric with bamboo rods holding it in place at 3' intervals. Plus we used hot glue to attach to the links. Last year we did Dollarama's weed cloth but it was pretty flimsy and lasted only the one season. I think it looks perfectly fine....See Morenycowboy
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