Climbing vine for lattice trellis
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Comments (4)I'd suggest that you spring for some deeper soil volume containers, as 10 inches deep is pretty skimpy, and I imagine that they aren't all that wide either. This volume of soil will dry out pretty quickly unless you have these on automated drip irrigation. In such a situation, these planters will probably need watering twice a day for 3 to 5 minutes at a time to keep up with transpiration from sun and wind, and maybe just 3 minutes once every couple of days in winter. If you decide to stick with the wimpy sized planters, and especially if you can't provide automated drip irrigation, I would stay away from the more water loving vines. You might be better off with things that have more substantial waxy foliage like Bougainvillea. Star Jasmine, Pandorea jasminoides, Hardenbergia violacea 'Happy Wanderer', Tecomaria capensis or Macfadyena unguis-cati, all of which will tolerate more drought without looking stressed. I would tend to prefer a Passiflora which is not quite as rampant as P. coccinea, with P. 'Lavender Lady' being abit more manageable. For knock your socks off color, you might also consider Thnbergia alata or T. gregorii. In any case, all of these vines will do much better if your planters are more like 20 inches deep by at least 18 inches wide, or failing that, add soil water polymers to the soil mix to help it retain moisture. Roof top planters get more drying out from extra wind and reflected sun, and will really benefit from daily summer watering, maybe even twice a day, to look their best. Don't forget that you will have to ferilize more often to compensate for all that irrigation, and it will pay to use both a liquid fertilizer every few weeks in combination with a time release fertilizer such as Osmocote....See MoreHelp with climbing rose trellis...
Comments (5)I am not a pro or avid rose gardener, but I will give you my two cents anyway. For the climber rose, Horizontal canes encourages more laterals, which produces more flowers. So you want to think horizontal in training the main canes. If you don't like the Lattice trellis, you could install 4 to 5 medium/heavy gauge wires running horizontally every 12" apart along the wall. Then, train the main canes on them. They will shoot out vertical laterals and will be full of blooms in the peak season. I have not tried this myself, but I think I would do it this way. If you have not already done so, watch the video in this link or search "Paul Zimmerman training a rose on Trellis". He also have other videos for rose caring, pruning and training. Must watch for a rose beginner. Good luck with the roses and post back how you did it finally! Here is a link that might be useful: How to train a rose on trellis...See MoreVines for east facing massive trellis
Comments (1)By "perennials" it sounds like you mean deciduous (and spring blooming). Few, if any vigorous evergreen climbers for Zone 5. Best bet probably to plant wisteria and roses, for combined spring and summer bloom in same spot. Any climbers chosen will have to be trained and pruned annually to produce a pleasing and practical (you can't have them snaking around and getting in the way, onto other things) display anyway, so getting two different kinds to play well together probably not a significant addition to maintenance requirement. One or two of the familiar, extra hardy climbing roses from the Morden Research Station in Canada might be suitable....See MoreFinding a Vine to Climb this trellis
Comments (3)The wooden or PVC slatted diagonal trellis is a more difficult surface to get vines to grow on, since many of the twining vines such as clematis (leaf stems do the twining) or sweet peas (tendrils do the twining) can't readily wrap around such wide supports. -Ivy clings with adventitious roots and so is able to grow up a surface like your trellis. The ivy may need some guidance to get started on the trellis. Have you tried guiding some of the plant stems up onto the trellis and loosely tying them there to let it get started up the support? -Is one side of the trellis sunnier? The ivy may be seeking the right light levels and some parts of the trellis don't make it happy. Be aware that in some parts of the US ivy is invasive and will spread to woodlands and both interfere with native plant communities and pull down trees. I wouldn't try growing trumpet vine on this type of a structure since the trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) will become too heavy and damage the trellis. Vines with sticky disk-type grippers such as Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) or its variegated form (Parthenocissus quinquefolia Variegata) or its more restrained variegated cousin, silvervein creeper (Parthenocissus henryana) should cling to the trellis. Boston ivy is another cousin (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) and climbs the same way. All have lovely bright fall color but can be large vines. Alternatively, you can put a wire mesh in front of the trellis or fasten wires or hang wires in front of it to allow twining vines like clematis, sweet peas or the native honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, to climb in front of it....See MoreUser
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