I am looking for a vine that I can plant in my gravel driveway. I see weeds growing there, so I know it's possible for something to grow, but I need something that will be easy to plant and will grow up the side of the deck.
2006-06-10 13:21:36 · 8 answers · asked by jenniferaboston 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes! That's exactly what Im looking for...something that will just take over the area! Thanks!
2006-06-10 13:35:47 · update #1
I guess I should tell you I live in Pennsylvania.
2006-06-10 15:09:13 · update #2
wisteria
2006-06-10 13:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you take a look at my backyard...the fastest grower I have is poison ivy...I hate that stuff. Your best bet is Silver Lace Vine Polygonum Aubertii. It is really pretty. The triangular shaped leaves first emerge in a reddish color, and then turn to a bright green. It is covered with beautiful 6" clusters of very fragrant small white flowers forming a haze in summer. It needs full sun to partial shade, and is quite adaptable to most soils. Even if it freezes to the ground it returns beautifully every year. It's a gorgeous vine when it is out in bloom, and even pretty when it is not
2016-03-27 00:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Careful. Some vines grow really fast but you can never get rid of them. Ever! How about a bouganvelia? They grow like weeds, don't need a lot of water and provide color almost year round.
2006-06-10 14:48:53 · answer #3 · answered by Car Hop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Star jasmine or Pink jasmine or Passion flower
One of the other responders suggested bougainvillea, but it's not a true vine and would need to be tied and trained to go where you want it to. A true vine self clings by winding around, or sticking to whatever it's next to.
2006-06-10 17:03:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a trumpet vine. It spans a fence about 30 feet and is climbing over the top and between the cracks. (wooden fence)
It has bright orange flowers(about 5" long) that hummingbirds love. It will truly take over. It dies completely back in the winter.
2006-06-10 14:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a plant called ever green trumpet vine or honeysuckel vines that grow very fast and take over.
2006-06-10 13:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by garden flower 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try morning glories. Soak the seeds in warm water overnight and just sprinkle them in the area you want them to grow. Once they are established they will self seed and expand(or take over). There is at lest 5 different color flowers to choose from.
2006-06-10 15:07:24 · answer #7 · answered by tootsie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virginia Creeper - not evergreen, unfortunately. Perhaps, an attractive variegated variety of Ivy.
2006-06-10 13:26:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋