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Need ideas for replacing some plants
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Posted by posiegirl 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 29, 06 at 20:40
| I got sick last fall and all my perennials dried out :-( I had a beautiful climbing rose in a large pot on a trellis in the west-facing corner of my balcony. It gets a lot of wind and afternoon sun. The rose was great to provide a windbreak. This year I'd like to try an annual vine that can take the wind. I might plant another climber to take the place of the old one, but I'd like an annual vine to provide coverage while the new rose grows. Any ideas??
Here's what it looked like last July.
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RE: Need ideas for replacing some plants
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| The only annual vines that I have found that seem to be able to handle wind better than others and were fast-growing with a good coverage, were the scarlet runner bean and hyacinth bean vines. The usual MFs and MGs seem to shred, wilt, and disintegrate too quickly in wind. I've had cardinal climbers (and their relatives) do the same. Sweet peas (ornamental and/or edible) that I have planted near my windy corner in the past seemed to do okay for a short time, although they have a pretty short lifespan and/or don't like when the hot weather sets in. Plus they can be a nuisance with losing leaves at the bottom. |
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