You have to be careful on what you put on telephone poles and guy wires. Many years ago my wife thought it would be a good idea to put wisteria on the telephone pole next to our drive. It thrived and eventually worked its way into the transformer and shorted it. We were only with out power a day or two while the replaced it.

What guy wire? What pole? All I’m seeing is a beautiful spot filled with flowers and fragrance! Lilac, honey suckle, Day Lily, something with lovely pink & a shorter plant with blue flowers - all with a background of a pine of some kind? Did I get any right? I can’t get up close enough to smell the flowers from here……lovely screening!

Good job. The coop fella must have realized you can’t ”run into” the wires with plants around them.

tj

Very nice. What once was an eye sore is now beautiful

KW, you’re spot on. The blue flowered perennial is Amsonia.

tj, exactly!

kr, your point is well taken. The vine has been there several years and we have trimmed back as needed, but I can see how it could be an issue.

And the pink flowered shrub to left of pole & Amsonia? My guess is a kind of Ninebark or maybe a Viburnum?

can we hijack with our own pictures? I've got a hydrangea petiolaris that is moving up a telephone pole. Too high for me to reach with a ladder now so it'll just do its thing.

maackia - I forget where you are but thinking you’re in my neck of the woods.. Ninebark is a favorite here in PNW with its year round appeal - colored leaves, flowers & interesting bark & likes acid soil I planted a Little Diablo or maybe it was Little Devil in my new yard for a couple years. It got too comfortable & was waay too big in just a couple of years so had to go to a new home. I did love it though.

Yes, please hijack. I was hoping for that.

KW, I’m in west-central Wisconsin. In my opinion, you live in a garden paradise, while I live…well, it’s complicated.

maackia - Boy was I off in my guess! Yes, I understand complicated - While not experienced with living in WI I do have 4 years of midwestern living under my belt. My DH was assigned to Offutt AFB - I had never seen so much flat land and corn before and missed my western roots of MT, AK & CA. Landing in WA has been great so I agree with your ”garden paradise” label. Although, our generally wet & temperate climate here is why my Ninebark far surpassed its plant tag growth description. I’ve since learned those descriptions are merely vague guidelines and should be treated as such! Our rain and warmer soils cause many plants to exceed expectations. Mind you, I’m talking only about Western WA - West of the Cascade MT range. East of that is flat land, high desert & snow that is deep and cold!

Looks great! You know you've done a good job when it only takes a half second to forget there's a even a pole and cable there