Chain link fence cover?
Hal Riddle
eventually with some type of flowering vine. We've had several suggestions:
honey-suckle, jasmine(swamp. yellow, madision, asiatic, confederate,....).
We kind of like the jasmine thought but have no idea of how much to plant
and the spacing.
It's been suggested that we get some cuttings and 'root' our own to save on
cost but absolutely have no idea where to start or even how long this
process would take before we see tangible results!
Help!
P.S. We are located in the Southeast (Augusta, GA)
Harry Boswell
: We just had a chain link fence (250') installed and would like to cover
Hi Hal,
I'm just west of you, in Mississippi. We had Carolina jessamine
(Gelsemium sempervirens) on a chain link fence, spaced about 15 feet
apart, and I think it could easily have been 25 feet. It's a very
vigorous vining plant, with nice yellow flowers that, for us, showed
up at almost any time of the year, although heavier at some times
than others. (BTW - I've heard some people refer to this as
Confederate jasmine). It's native to the southeast US, and ver
hardy. It would be an excellent choice, with one caveat - if there are
trees that overhang this fence, with limbs that get within 4-5 feet,
the jessamine will climb into the trees, too.
Harry
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Christi WIlson
Lace vine (Polygonum aubertii) a while back. It grows *very*
fast, 15-20 feet a year, and needs very little attention. It
blooms several times a season, lovely clusters of teeny white
flowers that create a waterfall effect. It drops its leaves in
the winter but the old vines tangled around the fence are still
interesting to look at. Alas, my Silver Lace didn't make it
through one particularly nasty winter but that's a zone 5 thing.
Hal Riddle <hri...@groupz.net> wrote in article
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C. A. Owens
Hal Riddle wrote:
>
> We just had a chain link fence (250') installed and would like to cover
> eventually with some type of flowering vine. We've had several suggestions:
> honey-suckle, jasmine(swamp. yellow, madision, asiatic, confederate,....).
> We kind of like the jasmine thought but have no idea of how much to plant
> and the spacing.
>
> It's been suggested that we get some cuttings and 'root' our own to save on
> cost but absolutely have no idea where to start or even how long this
> process would take before we see tangible results!
You root jasmine off of semiripe cuttings. Dip each cutting in hormone
powder, then plant in a 2" pot in soilless mix. Place the pots in a 1"
tray filled with gravel, and keep the gravel filled with water. This
fall, transplant the rooted cuttings to their permanent home. Jasmine
will grow to a height / spread of about 6 feet, so I would space the
plantings no closer than 18", and no farther apart than 3'. You can
figure on having full fence coverage in about three years from cuttings.
Chris Owens
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Byron Morris
annuals along it - moon flowers, sweet pea, nasturtiums, and several
grape vines. I think they will all do well.
Mesas
raspberries along one wall, and thompson seedless grapes along another,
and concord grapes along another.
Theresa
Hal Riddle <hri...@groupz.net> wrote:
> We just had a chain link fence (250') installed and would like to cover
> eventually with some type of flowering vine. We've had several suggestions:
> honey-suckle, jasmine(swamp. yellow, madision, asiatic, confederate,....).
> We kind of like the jasmine thought but have no idea of how much to plant
> and the spacing.
>
> It's been suggested that we get some cuttings and 'root' our own to save on
> cost but absolutely have no idea where to start or even how long this
> process would take before we see tangible results!
>
> Help!
>
> P.S. We are located in the Southeast (Augusta, GA)
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(Fibroflares are not conducive to great typing!)
David Deutsch
wisterias, clematis, or for something a bit out of the oridinary,
Muhlenbeckias.
David Deutsch
Gondwana Gardens
http://www.gondwana.org
In article <7ikpsi$1er$1...@news3.infoave.net>,
"Hal Riddle" <hri...@groupz.net> wrote:
> We just had a chain link fence (250') installed and would like to cover
> eventually with some type of flowering vine. We've had several suggestions:
> honey-suckle, jasmine(swamp. yellow, madision, asiatic, confederate,....).
> We kind of like the jasmine thought but have no idea of how much to plant
> and the spacing.
>
> It's been suggested that we get some cuttings and 'root' our own to save on
> cost but absolutely have no idea where to start or even how long this
> process would take before we see tangible results!
>
> Help!
>
> P.S. We are located in the Southeast (Augusta, GA)
>
>
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D. Michael McIntyre
on the fence, but I can grow stuff in front of it.
I tilled up a narrow strip along the whole 200' length, edged with
landscape timbers. I've planted one of every variety of sunflower I
could get my hands on, as well as tithonia and cosmos. It should be
quite beautiful in another month or so, though admitedly the tiny 4"
sunflowers are doing a poor job at the moment of hiding the fence.
BTW, the neighbor was very understanding when I got the fence wrapped
in the tines of my tiller. He let me get way with just weaving the
twisted strands back into some semblance of a fence, without actually
forcing me to replace the damaged section. If you decide to do as I
have suggested, be extreeeeeeeeemely careful! It'll happen a lot
quicker than you think, and you won't be able to stop the tiller
before making a big mess of the fence :)
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D. Michael McIntyre | mmci...@swva.net
Tom Robertson
>Hal,
>
>If you want low maintenance and durability you can't beat morning glories.
>They will reseed themselves each year and cover your fence. You could do a
>color pattern alternating down the 250' of fence. Just a suggestion.
Is there any evergreen climber that is as fast-growing as morning
glory?