Replacement for creeping honeysuckle
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Honeysuckle Replacement wanted
Comments (3)Is it the vine type or the shrubby type of invasive honeysuckle that you want to replace? There is a native honeysuckle vine called Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) which attracts hummingbirds like crazy! It's easy to grow. For a replacement of the shrubby variety, you could plant Viburnum or Serviceberry for berries. The Viburnum berries stay on the plant longer than the Serviceberry but you need to plant at least two (of different cultivars of the same species) to get good berries. Serviceberry (Amelanchier) is a great shrub with white flowers in early spring. The birds LOVE the berries but they tend to strip them bare within days :-) Chokeberry (Aronia) is also a great berry plant that the birds love. Also a native....See MoreWill creeping fig on chainlink fence make the neighbors hate me?
Comments (8)Steelglow, How big is the fence? Do you think you could afford a reed or inexpensive bamboo fence to cover it up? You just wire it right onto your chain link fence, it's easy. Check at big box stores and online for one of those fences. I had native honeysuckle, it was beautiful coverage for 3 years, I had to move, but my neighbor, like yours with just lawn, was so sweet and allowed me to trim the vine on her side when ever I needed to. We were friends. THe vine will grow towards the sun, and if the sun comes from your neighbors side, it will grow that way. If you don't want your neighbor upset about the vine hanging a couple feet over onto his side, opt for the reed fence, and plant shrubs in front of it on your side. But, if you don't mind trimming it, yes, it is a good privacy screen and will grow rather quickly for you. Train it onto the fence, they don't twine like other vines. Good Luck!...See MoreHow much did your kitchen remodel creep,,,
Comments (12)Um... We had a few things in mind, not just the kitchen. But we wanted a bigger kitchen once we got married (2 years ago) because it wasn't great for 2 cooks. We really wanted a gas stove = bringing gas into the house. Oil bills were high, and since we were bringing gas into the house, it made sense to switch out oil heat to natural gas. Another thing we wanted was central air/heat, which affected every room in the house. Because we wanted to have a bigger kitchen, it made sense to expand what was there into the adjacent three-season (no-season) step-down porch, which was in an addition. The addition's foundation only went down 18 inches, so basically we had to demolish the entire addition (which had included the DR) and pour a new one. Our architect had come up with the idea to switch the kitchen (interior, enclosed, had to go through it to get to the DR) and the DR so the kitchen would be on the exterior with all the windows, and the three-season porch would be incorporated to make a huge kitchen/sunroom/breakfast room, which they insisted on calling a "nook." Our windows were old so we replaced all of them and used new ones in the addition. What we did NOT change: Both bathrooms, except we needed new toilets. We still have the 1954 tiled bathrooms (one entirely in 1954 peach), American Standard tubs and pedestal sinks, etc. (but now with ventilation fans). We tore up the PO's hideous carpets and found the original hardwood floors. No new carpets. We didn't change the structure of the upstairs rooms except to make the sliding-door closets open up like doors. We didn't build or knock down any walls in the "main house." Our builder& project manager are dreamboats. They were done exactly on time (well, the outer limit of 4-6 months, not surprising given the addition demo/new foundation/addition construction) and we did not have any kind of dispute at any time. There are only a couple of items on our punch list. We have been perfectly relaxed and 100% confident - at least as far as THEY went - for the entire process. Of course, we are not moving back until Friday (!), so things may come up after that. If so, were are 100% confident that they will fix them. We love them. I offer this in contrast to the nightmare contractor stories I have been reading for a year. We practically want to weep with joy when we think about them. Anyway, it was quite a "project creep!" bean (will post better quality pictures at some point!)...See MoreOptions to replace a creeping fig on the neighbor's garage wall?
Comments (28)I have creeping fig, trumpet vine and Star Jasmine all mixed together on one 6' property line wood wall topped with 3ft lattice. I planted the creeping fig and the neighbor planted the others. In Los Angeles, so same area as OP. I can tell you that the creeping fig is by far the best choice as it's very clean with no mess and gives uniform coverage. The Jasmine is nice too but only supported by the fence and other plants on the wall and does not support itself, same with the trumpet vine which is very messy from leaf and flower die off . It's also quite aggressive attaching itself to nearby trees. At one point I let it go up on the two story building and it literally covered the entire side! Ended up removing....See Morekitasei2
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