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Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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Posted by tanyamcc CA (My Page) on Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 2:32
I am looking for a nice smelling climbing plant. My neighbor has two smelly dogs (literally...they stink!) and I thought that maybe a strong smelling plant would be a great addition to our share fence.
I was thinking Jasmine would be good but have read that they grow pretty slowly. Ideally, i would like something that will grow pretty quickly.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I can use?
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RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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| Two come to mind immediately. Wisteria and honeysuckle, both grow quickly. If you have a large area to cover, the wisteria does that nicely. |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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| All climbers will only be fragrant during bloom time. Clematis montana odorata, a blooming white after the lilacs, has been ultravigorous for me. Early spring another vigorous clematis, armandii, is fragrant. Some honeysuckles are fragrant. You need a succession of plants. Maybe vines fronted with shrubs and perennials, a whole fragrance border? That way you could get fragrance almost all year. How much space do you have? |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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- Posted by bboy z8 WA USA (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 13:47
| Hall's Japanese honeysuckle blooms for a long time. |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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| Don't bother with wisteria..... I've grown several and they are a bit cold weather touchy, to say the least, and can take 6 or 7 years before they bloom. Honeysuckle would be good or a scented rose, like Weaterland.... vigorous and bushy. |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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| If you wanted a rose, the best of mine is Zepherine Drouhin, first and last to bloom in my yard and never without a flower. It is also thornless. I like to grow clematis up through the rose, jackmanii is nice but not fragrant. I would suggest lavender planted along the fence, it has fragrant leaves as well as flowers, and herbs may do more air cleaning than ordinary plants. |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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- Posted by bboy z8 WA USA (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 27, 09 at 19:21
| That would be 'Westerland'. |
RE: Nice smelling climber needed - ideas?
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| Too bad the neighbor doesn't bathe them and/or pick up after them.....poor dogs |
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