CLimbing hydrangea

20 years ago

I purchased three and one is doing beautifully climbing up a stone chimney. I put the other two on a chain link fence under the dense shade of a Norway Maple -- they aren't doing well. So now I am wondering where I can relocate them.

I'd love to have one climb the Norway Mpale but doubt that it will do well here -- either the shade is too dense or the Norway is sucking all the water and nutrients out of the ground (I have great difficulty getting anything to grow under this tree).

I have a vinyl sided shed in the yard. Can I have it grow on this or will it ruin the siding? What about having it grow up a dogwood tree -- is the dogwood too small?

I read that they can be trained to grow as a ground cover but have no clue how to do this.

This is one of my very favorite plants in my garden so I don't want to give them away. I appreciate any advice.

Thanks, Cheryl

PS Also, what is a good vine to gobble up a chain link fence -- preferrably an evergreen perennial. I like the bushiness of the morning glory and how fast it grows but it looks terrible at the end of the season and is a mess to pull down. I have a chocalte vine on the fence bu the coverage is thin and slow even after 2 years. I thought maybe of Trumpet Vine because they seem to be doing very well on my potagers, but would like to try a different plant so as to add variety.

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susanlynne48
20 years ago
Silver lace vine is good for chain link fences (sun to part shade). Sweet autumn clematis is good, but it is also kind of messy and can get to look bad. You need to cut it back almost to the ground every spring. In fall, though, the blooms are deliciously scented.

I would suggest, as an alternative to the trumpet vine, campsis, the trumpet vine, bignonia. It is not as vigorous as campsis - in other words, it won't try to take over the world, but it will provide you with fast, adequate coverage, and the hummingbirds will love you. It comes in a yellow and shades of orange.

Jackmanii clematis (several plants) would look marvelous, too. Purple blooms. I have one that I think it going to do very well called jasmine x stephanense. I know I'm pushing this vine, but I just love it. The foliage is pretty, and it has clusters of pink, fragrant, trumpet shaped blooms. I am told the hummingbirds love it, too. It is a new vine for me, but it is supposed to grow quickly, and I just can't wait. Check the hardiness on it, though.

Oops - none of these are going to be evergreen in your zone, though.

Okay - back to the drawing board. How about a nice variegated ivy interspersed with a flowering vine. The flowering vine would go dormant in the winter, but the ivy would be evergreen?

Okay - help need from others.

Susan
highlandsgardener
20 years ago
I'm also in Z6 and my bignonia (cross vine) is evergreen. It took a season to get established but now at 3yrs old it has completely filled an 8' trellis. It stays full and green all year and flowers off and on from spring through fall. It also doesn't seem to be invasive at all, like the trumpet vine is. I would recommend it.
Carol
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karenmarie
20 years ago
Swamp Jasmine and Carolina Jasmine are both evergreen and have yellow blooms. I had it in a previous garden. Not sure about the sun/shade conditions, but I think it will tolerate part shade.
sugar_magnolia
Original Author
20 years ago
I do have bignonia gowing and it is vergreen here in z6. I get this mixed up with trumphet vne. I like the idea of ivy mixed with the flowering vine.

The Carolina Jasmine is lovely but only hardy to ZOne 6 and I am in Zone 7. I think I need to move to zone 7 someday.