Re: [gardeners] Fence, or something?
David G. Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:40:15 -0500
It doesn't get a whole lot of sun. Japanese honeysuckle grows on it, as
much as I let it, but I don't think it would ever make a screen. We're
officially zone 6, average 0 - 10F. I would say it's pretty rare that it
gets under 10, it didn't this winter or last, but did the year before. The
soil is pretty clay-ey down where the fence is. Trumpet creeper isn't a
bad weed here. Would any of those things make a screen in winter? I split
firewood right next to that fence, too.
David
At 01:13 PM 3/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, David G Smith wrote:
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>> I wonder if anyone has a suggestion for me. We have 60 feet of chain-link
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>You might think about shadecloth or such for a short term solution --
>Campsis radicans, trumpet creeper, might do it for a fence cover in the
>long term IF it gets a modicum of sun and isn't a pestilential weed in
>your area. How about Parthenocissus, virginia creeper? Or one of the
>Loniceras (honeysuckle) or Hydrangea petiolaris (climbing hydrangea)
>of Clematis paniculata (sweet autumn clematis)? How cold are your winters
>and what's your soil like?
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