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Posted by LATaxMan z9 CA hi-desert (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 03 at 0:27
| Looking for a hardy vine - or large shrub to grow up or against chainlink fence around garden area - would prefer evergreen and attractive. Flowers would be nice! Oh, and the problem is I'm gardening at 4000 ft elevation in CA high-desert - 100-plus from June to October and frosts from November to March. Any ideas? (will be on drip irrigation because we get no rain and hot dry winds) |
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| Pyracantha Some honeysuckles (might not be evergreen) |
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- Posted by cNM7 7a Albuquerque (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 1, 03 at 0:24
Perhaps a Lady Banks Rose would fit the bill.
Cynthia |
RE: hardy vine to cover chain link fence
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Thanks. I'm tempted to try Grewia (Lavendar Star Flower) because it does exactly what I want here in Los Angeles, but I'm not sure it will live through the winter frosts. Maybe I'll mix it with Lady Banks Rose. Roses do very well up here - but it won't give me any coverage in the winter.
Thanks for your help. |
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| This plant is so beautiful. I wonder how it would do in Moreno Valley area in southern CA. Where would I find it to buy? Anyone seen it for sale? |
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| HONEYSUCKLES VERY HARDY PRETTY FLOWERS OR TRUMPET VINE.. |
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I live in Arizona's high sonoran desert. May I suggest a California Vine with purplish flowers or a fast growing, abit messy, Boganvilla. Both Boganvilla and Honeysuckle
can be difficult to control once they become established. I have a California Vine by my pool. It is not too messy, covers the pool fence well and uses little water through a drip system. Hope this helps. |
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| I'm not familiar with California Vine. Do you have more info on it? |
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| Cape honeysuckle is as tough as it is pretty, and the flowers are beautiful. |
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| Don't know if you are still monitoring this thread, but just in case I will kick in my experience. We live in Gilbert, Az.(near Phnx), and have over 200' of 5' chainlink on our west side next to a canal. We have tried pink bower vine, potato vine, Lady Bank's Rose, snail vine, and finally, passion vine. The bower vine and potato vine were a disaster, the Bank's rose is barely holding its own (but it IS under a big cottonwood tree), the snail vine is doing ok, but not great. The passion vine seems to be the one that will take. After 3 years it has grown 20' in each direction, and has lush dark green foliage with copious beautiful large purple blooms. They smell a little funny, but are attractive nonetheless. It froze back one year, but returned with renewed vigor in the spring. Try it, you will like it! Today I was clearing the weeds and dead grass from under it and noticed that the ever-present large orange butterflies were laying 1 egg at a time on the leaves. We have never seen a caterpillar, but there must be some relationship going on. Good luck! |
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| Trumpet Vines are bomb proof but aggressive.They grow with out very much supplemental water to establish where it is hot 115 and below freezing.PJ |
RE: hardy vine to cover chain link fence
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| what's a fast growing cover for chain link fence in zone 10?? |
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