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Good suggestion for climbing vine?
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Posted by humster New Mexico-5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 1, 06 at 11:10
| I would like to fence in a small yard area for my son to play in. I'm thinking of just using some simple metal fencing that I can stick into the ground and planting some climbers on it. I guess I'd like something that looks decent in winter, isn't poisonous or thorny and would climb to about three feet. Very drought tolerant would be nice although he will be doing some water play there in the summertime. The yard is on the Northeast side of the house. Should I try trumpetvine or something? I wouldn't mind varying the plants a bit too.
TIA for any suggestions!
Heather |
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RE: Good suggestion for climbing vine?
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| I would recommend Hardenbergia violacea. It is drought tolerant, evergreen, no thorns, and blooms prolifically twice a year here. HTH,
Trudi 
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| Nice! Thanks for the pic! |
RE: Good suggestion for climbing vine?
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| Unfortunately humster that plant will only survive to zone 9. I'm assuming you're in zone 5 in nm (northern nm?). |
RE: Good suggestion for climbing vine?
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| A trumpet vine certainly won't limit itself to 3 feet; not where I live anyway. I planted one that got bloated and overgrown and I removed it, and I was killing suckers from that thing for many years... Some climbing Euonymous plants might fill the bill. Not real drought tolerant, but evergreen and not too overpowering. There are perennial forms of sweet pea vines that seem to have a 3 to 4 foot growth limit and take it pretty dry, with nice flowers this time of year. Nothing to see in the winter though. |
RE: Good suggestion for climbing vine?
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| Thanks for reading my post... I'm not exactly sure of my zone. I thought it was five, but it may be six. I am at almost 7000 feet in Sandia Park just east of Albuquerque. Thanks for the info on trumpet vine growth. I mention drought tolerant because I am worried that I will kill anything that is not completely suited to the area. I think I underwater quite a bit and I'm trying to work on that by watering more deeply, especially early on and by using plants that can tolerate my sporadic neglect. I really enjoy gardening though and am trying to learn more so I can improve my success/failure ratio and hopefully enjoy the end results later on. I really love the perennial sweet pea. The Euonymous looks pretty sturdy and may make a good starting point and then I can try a couple of other things. Thank you for pointing me in that direction. |
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