Saturday, February 11, 2012

What's the fastest growing outdoor vine for a backyard fence over summer?

i'll be watering it underground on a timer during the day.

What's the fastest growing outdoor vine for a backyard fence over summer?
Morning Glory (either annual or perennial version) for a flowering vine or English Ivy for a non-flowering vine.
Reply:the other person is right ; morning glory will kill off other plants ; hard to get rid of them and their vine growth attaches to other plants as well , choking off life to the other plant
Reply:Morning Glories are sure fast, but this invasive annual will spread %26amp; become a problem. I'd recommend the Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans), a very fast spreading perennial vine that tolerates a wide range of cold hardiness zones (4-9). But your climate will dictate what you can plant. Please provide your USDA cold hardiness zone or the area where you live.



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Reply:A really good plant the looks good and grows fast is a passion plant, it might not grow fast in the first year but with plenty of water, feed and sun it will soon grow rapidly.



Look at this site for mor info:

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Reply:Trumpet vine is a good one, but it does tend to spread by underground runners, and sets seeds which can become a nuisance.



Some of the honeysuckles are wonderful, there is one called "Pink Lemonade"; and the red honeysuckles grow fast, are not invasive and bloom spectacularly for a long time in spring and summer. You can find them at a nursery in the spring. Check out the several varieties.



Yoou may find other good climbing vines also, ask the nurseryman.



Vines to stay away from: Dutchman's pipe, Autumn Clematis, Silver Lace vine, Japanese honeysuckle, Virginia Creeper, English ivy (great groundcover but not good for a fence). Also Wisteria and grapes (unless you are prepared to prune them drastically once a year)



You can plant an annual vine which will provide you with summer blooms until your perennial vine takes hold, such as morning glories. You can prevent much of the re-seeding that goes on with morning glories by cleaning up the dead vines in the fall as soon as the frost kills them.



Vegetable vines are also good as an annual vine and you get the added bonus of the veggies, such as squash, gourds, or climbing beans (scarlet runner beans are great).
Reply:Get a Trumpet vine, a few years from now they will be all over everything with bright orange flowers.





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