Trellis ideas for vines
Patti (z6a ON Canada)
4 years ago
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need advice on climbing vines - trellis?
Comments (4)How crafty are you??? With duck tape and a staple gun you can do anything you set your mind to. Okay seriously, I have found that big box stores (as they are referred to on here) do not offer adequate goods for us plant lovers so, having said that, I would try a nursery and see what they got. However, it has been my experience that they only have small plastic trellis' which are fine for philos and such but not for a 10 footer. So I think your going to have to make your own. Same principle I think would apply to clematis if your are familiar with that. As young plants, they need support to get going so I use chicken wire (because the young tendrils can easily afix themselves to the smaller openings), wood dowels and a staple gun. Chicken wire can easily be cut by our dainty little hands and can be shaped into any shape you like. Another suggestion is to use wooden dowels by themselves and make your own trellis with twine and thin dowels (easy to transport and lightweight if you use the thin ones.) They should be able to support the weight of hoya. Or maybe a moss stick and you could wrap the hoya around that? Whatever you use, you always have the option of putting pot on a base with wheels and that would make anything you use easy to move....See MoreVine covered trellis and pergola Zone 6
Comments (29)Thanks everyone. My gardener and his crew are great, and don't worry - they are appreciated. It's just that I have no gardening expertise and when I came home and saw my pergola and trellis denuded I was literally in tears. I have enjoyed looking at them all through the winter, dead as they were. I will now take a deep breath and accept that there will be a time of year where my pergola and trellis will be somewhat denuded, in the interest of maintaining the pretty white wooden backdrop. Although I respect my gardener, he is self-taught and so I thought it was entirely possible that there were options out there of which he was not aware (or which the PO rejected for some reason). Having explored and googled a bit and read your comments, we will sit tight with what we have. Hose - LOL, thank you. We deserve no credit for the scences you see; and they are a key part of the entire magical look of this property which compelled us to but the house and move our family here totally on a lark! The contractor did replace the vines, btw. I will post a link with more photos for you. Natal - not too humid here in CT. I like the green moss myself, but I guess the clematis against true white is even niceer. Woody - yes, its scented. It was cut back pretty much to the top of the columns. Duly noted on the roses. I think i might have New Dawn elsewhere already. It is very pale pink and smells wonderful! I am just finding my way with our property, which is extensively landscaped. I hired a landscape architect who had done our old home, and his ideas were way too formal and structured. So I've not implemented them. Then I got someone at my local nursey to draw plans for some beds on the far side of the pond. They were not woodland at all, and they had way too much variety of plant material for an area I want to be pretty but natural. I can tell this is going to be a long process getting everything the way I want it and, as always, there is no substitute for the unbiased expertise of GW. Thanks!...See MoreIs Ajuga considered a vine, & would it work on a trellis?
Comments (7)If you like ivy perhaps you want to try euonymus along with one of the flowering vines as suggested. It's a slow grower though. I put it on a small decorative trellis on the outside corner of our north east side foundation bed about 2 feet from our white house. Selection was based on variegation, shade tolerance, easy care, and evergreen. It's not showy at all and during the growing season is dwarfed by other perennials in front of it. However, after frost it provides color and balance to evergreen ferns and hellebore that are background plants. The reflected light seems to be enough for it. The photo doesn't show it at all because it's lower to the ground behind the plants now in foliage and bloom. I've planted a few different ones and if you get a gallon pot of it there should be multiple rooted pieces. Cut through part of the soil mass to open it up and spread out a bit. Ajuga would work as a groundcover. I have an English primrose violet with yellow eyes as the edging perennial that covers as much ground as you give it. It's just been cut back in this midsummer photo from last year. This bed is easy care. Absolutely no room for weeds to sprout during the growing season. The hummingbirds enjoy the hosta and azalea. Corydalis lutea is bigger than I thought and taking over the bed in midsummer, but is neat & tidy in spring and fall once I've cut it back a bit. I like all season color, so also have Hellebore, Pulmonaria, Astrantia on the corner, and Astilbe in that bed. I tried out Filipendula Venusta, but have been digging it out ever since. It still blooms there, but flops in the shade. Plus rises above the other plants a bit too much. Showy pink blooms though! Photo shows what can be planted on a shady north side for color and interest all seasons. You might prefer a more formal planting. Here is a link that might be useful: Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'...See MoreVine suggestions for this awesome trellis
Comments (3)Hi If you're into blue ,maybe a "blue pea vine" Clitoria ternata.?? Comes in single and double forms and also white. Flowers are not just blue but a deep cobalt blue. Double form looks like miniature roses. Unlike most tropical vines it's not rampant and is easily confined . It does tend to seed but easily removed. I love the unusal color.. May be cold intolerant but easily grown from seed. gary...See More
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
I had a free-standing arbor built for mine. I couldn't do any digging in this area due to the utility lines. So it has above-ground feet as a base on either side. I got the idea from free-standing supports for porch swings. The fence behind is approximately 5' so the arbor is over 6' tall and the stems can grow up and over.This is early in the season. By now, you can't even see the arbor. The clematis has already completely swallowed it. This is what i believe to be a Jackmanjii and I refer to it as "the clematis that ate Arvada" (that's the town I live in). It's a beast. If it weren't so pretty, I would call it invasive.
Patti (z6a ON Canada) thanked popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)Patti (z6a ON Canada)
4 years agoNice arbor popmama!
I have the clematis growing against the garage brick wall and currently have a black metal trellis. The trellis is about 6 feet tall (one foot down in the ground) and the clematis seems to want to grow 6-7 feet tall. (Rouge Cardinal). I have a homemade wood one in the back with a Presidents clematis but end up stringing twine up for it as the wood is too thick for it to grab ahold of.
popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHere's the clematis that swallowed its arbor.
Just starting to bloom
Patti (z6a ON Canada)
4 years ago
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