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Climbing Hydrangea trellis

9 years ago

I have a trellis question. I planted a climbing hydrangea in the back yard. I built a trellis using (4) 4x4x10 posts that are four feet apart. I attached steel fencing onto it for the vine to attach to. The fencing has 2”x3” spacing. After building the trellis and planting the climbing hydrangea, I did some more research on the plant. This vine likes to attach itself to rough surfaces like brick and wood. It sounds like it doesn’t wrap around fencing, like a Clematis would do. So my question is should take down the steel fencing? And should I add more wood for the vine to attach too?

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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
9 years ago
I am not sure how long the 4"x4"s will hold up. Climbing hydrangea is a big, heavy vine once it gets going, so I would definitely add more uprights, most likely pressure treated to give them the longest possible life and I'd use 6"x6"s or even 8"x8"s. You will need to do a fair amount of training to get it to spread wide on the trellis since IME it wants to grow up, and probably some pruning once it is mature. I would probably leave the wire to help you train it sideways by fastening it to the wire. I've been trying to think of a way to get some steel uprights in there to help provide long-term strength and stability, but haven't really any ideas.
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