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What can I plant along a fence to combat grapevine?
I live in southern Wisconsin as well. I think you should avoid blackberries, because they get awfully tall, usually contain very nasty thorns, and will certainly arch over a good portion of the ...
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What can I plant along a fence to combat grapevine?
Since you are in USDA Zone 5a, you will need some cold-hardy vine plants. I would suggest you choose the following plants.
Flowering vine:
Clematis (i.e., Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Summer Love ...
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If a climber (clematis plant) attaches itself to a plant, is it harmful for host plant?
Chinese Clematis (Clematis orientalis) only wraps itself around other plants. It doesn't suck their juices. However, it can be harmful to the plants it climbs over. It will compete with them for ...
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Propagating loniceras for beginners
Yeah smells great that flower!
I never propagated this plant, but according to 'the web' cuttings will root easily, and putting them in just water seems successful.
Good luck.
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'Climbing' black mulberry (morus nigra), is this real?
I suspect a language problem:
Blackberries (Rubus) are “mûre” in French, “mora” in Spanish and “amora” in Portuguese.
-> which may easily be confused with Morus, the Genus of mulberries.
But of ...
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Is there a way to make a honeysuckle cover the lower parts of a wall?
I believe that several plants are needed.
When a plant reaches good light, it no longer grows leaves in the shade.
Plant several plants, and train them so each lives at a different height
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How do I cope with a wisteria gone wild?
I needed some siding done on the house and cut my wisteria down from sixteen feet tall to a three foot stub. It regrew to twenty feet tall in a single season. If it is a healthy vine you can be ...
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Recommendations for climbers that'll climb by a walnut tree
Note that black walnut (Juglans nigra) has the highest level of juglone in all its parts, so that is a significant difference between it and Juglans regia, the common walnut.
This link https://...
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Self-clinging climber that will not damage a concrete fence
There is only one self clinging climbing plant which is evergreen in the UK, and that is Hedera and its varieties. If you choose one, you will need to block off the gaps in the fence to prevent any ...
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Encourage campsis radicans to grow and climb
The standard advice when potting plants into larger containers is almost always to move up by one pot size. There are, though, exceptions, and Campsis is one of them, primarily because, planted in ...
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Growing Ipomea near mid-sized conifer?
The biggest problem is being able to plant it close enough to your trees so that it can climb up them. Where you are this plant is only an annual, as it is in the UK, and reaches about 2.5 metres in ...
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What is this flowering climber?
Don't follow the advice to "cut it down in the spring" if you want flowers! There are three different groups of clematis, which flower at different times of the year and need pruning in different ways....
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Climbing Rose, is it true that I need 6 hours of sunlight?
Choosing a rose is somewhat more complicated than simply choosing it for the flower colour. Roses are also not particularly easy care plants - they require deadheading, spraying against pests and ...
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Should I prune a group 1 Clematis in autumn?
In short, no. If you only planted it in May this year, it isn't surprising you've not yet seen any flowers. I would not recommend pruning it - Clematis montana varieties are only pruned immediately ...
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What can I plant along a fence to combat grapevine?
Nothing beats a grape vine from how I have seen them grow in IL and TX. You can find something to co-exist with it such and the rose and trumpet vine as suggested, but nothing will crowd it out. It is ...
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Do I need more vertical support for climbing roses?
I wouldn't describe an open wall like that as "shady" whichever way it faces. You profile says Seattle so if it is facing directly east it will get 7 hours of direct sun per day in summer which is ...
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Why are my newly planted Honeysuckle leaves turning purple/brown?
Water shortage, I'd say; I, too, live in London, and only last Friday I had to run the sprinkler on the garden for an hour for some new planting because it was pretty dry. New plants need frequent and ...
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What flower can climb a simple string trellis 15 feet up?
I assume by "string trellis" you mean an arrangement where you tie several strings from stakes to either a fixed point 10 feet above the ground, creating a triangle or to several fixed ...
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What flower can climb a simple string trellis 15 feet up?
I'm not clear on what kind of trellis you mean, exactly. So, keep that in mind as you read my answer.
Clematis does attract hummingbirds, and it does climb. However, you'd probably need to fertilize ...
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Grey spots on Clematis leaves
I'm not entirely sure what the problem is, but would offer the same solution - stop feeding and increase watering. The symptoms on the leaves don't fit any of the usual problems a clematis might ...
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How close can I plant a clematis to a small climbing rose
Depends on which clematis variety. On the assumption the Clematis is a smaller cultivar, or one that needs pruning back to 9 inches in winter, and you want it to climb up the rose, plant as close as ...
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Will the concrete in post holes restrict root development for climber?
Concrete tends to cause soil to become base over time (as opposed to acid). This will act like a mild form of adding a lime soil additive. Concrete is chemically the same as limestone (limestone and ...
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Self-clinging climber that will not damage a concrete fence
There are 3 I'd recommend; an evergreen would be Clematis armandii, white flowers, tough tough plant and fragrant, wow fragrant. Another would be Akebia quinata; mine in zone 5 was evergreen. Akebia ...
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