Long wall climber ideas

David B Mitchell · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 10:12 am Post subject: Long wall climber ideas

Hi all.

I have a 6 foot high 44 foot long shed wall, south facing and can be quite windy, facing into my garden and I'm thinking of introducing climbers to it and was looking for any ideas you may have.

tagwex · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:45 am Post subject:

What effect do you want? Narrow it down a bit.

Green all year? Colours all year? Fruit? Clinging to the wall? Bushy and freestanding? Soil type? Is the height limited to 6'? A photo would help.

David B Mitchell · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:50 am Post subject:

kindredspirit · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:07 pm Post subject:

Clematis Armandii.

David B Mitchell · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:26 pm Post subject:

tagwex · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 6:35 pm Post subject:

Espalier apples.
Photos can only be a maximum of 1mb. You might need to downsize them.

kindredspirit · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:01 pm Post subject:

As wall is south-facing you might succeed with Trachelospermum Jasminoides (Star Jasmine.)

tippben · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:32 pm Post subject:

With that length, you could use vine eyes and fencing wire, and train two of the Raspberry/Blackberry crosses like Tayberry, Loganberry, Boysenberry etc, They freeze really well too.

Ado 2 · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:41 pm Post subject:

Cl8mbing Hydrangea is pretty tough and pretty too