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Rusty
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Comments (2)I played once and got all eight tracks - I'm quitting while I'm ahead!...See Moreclimbers: train on fan-shape trellis? versus train horizontally?
Comments (7)I think the choice of how one trains a climber is a personal decision, based on individual taste. You might get more laterals on a cane trained more horizontally, but a fan-shape might just look more graceful in some situations (it mimics the shape of an arching rose bush left wild more closely than one trained strictly horizontally). There is no one way to do this, which makes things more interesting! When training a rose in a fan shape, I'd focus on getting the fan wide enough to get the canes at an angle -- not letting them be "mostly vertical" as you state above. Does that make sense? The trellis is just a support -- the rose itself doesn't have to exactly follow the lines of the trellis....See MoreHow Should I Train These Two Vines?
Comments (7)The objections to this planting were: a) The Clematis should not be in the same container as the root systems will compete b) The Clematis old wood may get drowned out by the more dominant Lavender Trumpet Vine What if I replant the Clematis on the right side at the base of the large container? That way it grows in a separate soil and would climb up the side of the container and at least be able to display along that run until it gets to the trellis and gets out-competed by the Lavender Trumpet Vine? If that works well, I might end up growing a different variety of Clematis from the base of the container on the left side. If the only thing I got from that was unique flowers below the slip of the container on each side, that would be worth doing....See MoreCan Star Jasmine Be Trained to Grow Just Along Top of Fence?
Comments (8)Of course you can! Plant it over to one side of your trash cans and give it a vertical bar or three to grow wrapping/ twining UP., I wouldn't use wires, but rather 1/2-3/4" redwood sticks. Vertical sticks where you want it to twine up, then horizontal stiicks where you want it to go across the top of the fence. We had star jasmine covering this fence about 4" deep flat against the fence for many years. A wall of green. When the fence had to be replaced, we cut the jasmine back down to the ground and put the grid back on the fence. The plant to the left of the lantern was an existing plant that I cut to the ground and has grown back. The plant to the right of the lantern against the fence was a one gal. can a couple years ago. It has taken a couple years to grow up, but I have had to train branches to go laterally so they will eventually cover the fence. They want to grow UP. If there is nothing for them to twine around, they will just hang out into thin air, Direct the growth where you want it. Snip snip every few weeks when you see any parts that are going where you don't want it to grow. When we had the star jasmine completely covering the old fence, I just trimmed it with hedge shears two or three times a year, to stay about 4-5" from the face of the fence. Not exatly a tough job. I put old sheets on the ground in front of it and chopped, collecting the clippings. Those redwood "lattices" are attached at the top and bottom rails of the fence, allowing about 3/4" or so behind them to tuck the vines behind as they grow. -Babka...See MoreRusty
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