i need to cover a wire fence very quickly.
2006-12-28 13:02:11 · 13 answers · asked by ljubavi 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If you are looking for perennial vines, consider buying a Lacevine, which will grow very quickly and produce mounds of fine, white, lacey blossoms. Keep your shears handy, as you will want to cut it back regularly to maintain thickness along the wire fencing. If you wish a heavier-duty vine, then consider planting Bittersweet, which, by the second season, will produce woody stems and branches, and produce bunches or bright, orange berries in the fall. Also, the Virginia Creeper is a fast-grower, and its leaves will turn a deep shade of red in the fall. Whichever vine you choose, keeping it trimmed back to the fence with shears will ensure thick growth.
2006-12-28 13:11:36 · answer #1 · answered by Balazuc Blonde 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of good answers here. I'd first like to chime in with the answer is going to depend on what USDA hardiness zone you're in. Some vines are annuals and some perennials. Do you want a perennial? You may need to take a list of some of these plants to your local independent garden center and have them look it over. They'll tell you which are hardy and which are available.
Because you're growing the vine on a wire fence, you'll need a vine that attaches via twining. Vines with rootlet attachers, or suction cups won't work. That eliminates english ivy (Hedera) and boston ivy (Parthenocissius). I personally wouldn't use Wisteria, because it's too heavy a vine, and flowering may take years.
Your best bets are: silver lace vine (Polygonum) fast with a white summer flower, sweet autumn clematis (Clematis) fast, with white flowers in the fall, or trumpet vine (Campsis) fast with ferny leaves and (typically) orange flowers in late summer. You could also try any number of honeysuckles (Lonicera) sweet fragrant flowers in the spring.
All of the suggestions I've made are hardy to USDA zone 5.
I hope that this helps
2006-12-29 11:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a Maylasian Vine with purple flowers that will take over the world. I don't know what zone you live in and don't know if it will take a freeze but may be good further north. It gets large seed pods, an extremely vigorous grower, dark green foliage, and very, very pretty.
2006-12-28 23:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivy would work nicely and it would stay green through the seasons. Water well and use plenty of miracle grow for quicker growth.
In the summer you could try morning glory . It spreads very quickly and has nice flowers but it is annual.
2006-12-28 22:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by yeah , yeah whatever 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't get a faster growing vine than the Shell Plant.. I ordered mine from Michigan Bulb Company. They produce "blooms" that resemble a sea shell.
2006-12-28 21:08:35 · answer #5 · answered by cswint2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet autumn clematis might do the trick (clematis paniculata). It can do 30 feet in a single growing season.
You didn't mention where you are geographically, that would help.
2006-12-29 19:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cofederate Star jasmin. Good smelling too. North Caralina jasmine thinner and not as fragrant.Confederate Star also an evergreen.
2006-12-28 21:04:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trumpet Vine is the fastest and very hardy.
2006-12-29 03:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
junipers are the best crawlers but ivey and roses are the best climbers
2006-12-28 21:05:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clematis and/or climbing roses.
2006-12-28 23:04:55 · answer #10 · answered by Ceci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋