Posted by 0tterbot on February 13, 2008, 5:07 pm
sorry, i know these "recommendation" threads can be a bit tiresome :-)
has anyone any ideas on either a shortish vine (to 3m) or perhaps a visually
interesting bush of some sort, that could be planted thusly:
1: total shade, never gets sunny, never really warm (south side of the
house, corrugated tin wall)
2: in a pot (the ground there is concreted)
3: copes with cold & frost (to perhaps -6 or -7 in winter at the worst) &
practically no eaves
4: reasonably quick-growing
5: if a vine, not strong - i don't want it pulling it's trellis down or
anything like that - the wall wouldn't cope!
is there such a thing?
thanks in advance for any thoughts.
kylie
Posted by neil on February 13, 2008, 7:21 pm
> sorry, i know these "recommendation" threads can be a bit tiresome :-)
> has anyone any ideas on either a shortish vine (to 3m) or perhaps a
> visually interesting bush of some sort, that could be planted thusly:
> 1: total shade, never gets sunny, never really warm (south side of the
> house, corrugated tin wall)
> 2: in a pot (the ground there is concreted)
> 3: copes with cold & frost (to perhaps -6 or -7 in winter at the worst) &
> practically no eaves
> 4: reasonably quick-growing
> 5: if a vine, not strong - i don't want it pulling it's trellis down or
> anything like that - the wall wouldn't cope!
> is there such a thing?
> thanks in advance for any thoughts.
> kylie
This is a tricky one... My thought would be to try a sasanqua camellia and
maybe espalier onto the trellis. I have one in total shade on the south
side of my house and it does well. And once they get started they are quick
growing.
Good luck.
Neil.
Posted by Trish Brown on February 13, 2008, 7:30 pm
neil wrote:
>> sorry, i know these "recommendation" threads can be a bit tiresome :-)
>>
>> has anyone any ideas on either a shortish vine (to 3m) or perhaps a
>> visually interesting bush of some sort, that could be planted thusly:
>>
>> 1: total shade, never gets sunny, never really warm (south side of the
>> house, corrugated tin wall)
>> 2: in a pot (the ground there is concreted)
>> 3: copes with cold & frost (to perhaps -6 or -7 in winter at the worst) &
>> practically no eaves
>> 4: reasonably quick-growing
>> 5: if a vine, not strong - i don't want it pulling it's trellis down or
>> anything like that - the wall wouldn't cope!
>>
>> is there such a thing?
>>
>> thanks in advance for any thoughts.
>> kylie
>>
>
> This is a tricky one... My thought would be to try a sasanqua camellia and
> maybe espalier onto the trellis. I have one in total shade on the south
> side of my house and it does well. And once they get started they are quick
> growing.
>
> Good luck.
> Neil.
>
>
That's a good idea! I've got three japonicas in almost total shade and
they're doing pretty well too, only somehow I think it's only by accident...
--
Trish Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Posted by 0tterbot on February 16, 2008, 6:27 pm
> neil wrote:
>>> sorry, i know these "recommendation" threads can be a bit tiresome :-)
>>>
>>> has anyone any ideas on either a shortish vine (to 3m) or perhaps a
>>> visually interesting bush of some sort, that could be planted thusly:
>>>
>>> 1: total shade, never gets sunny, never really warm (south side of the
>>> house, corrugated tin wall)
>>> 2: in a pot (the ground there is concreted)
>>> 3: copes with cold & frost (to perhaps -6 or -7 in winter at the worst)
>>> & practically no eaves
>>> 4: reasonably quick-growing
>>> 5: if a vine, not strong - i don't want it pulling it's trellis down or
>>> anything like that - the wall wouldn't cope!
>>>
>>> is there such a thing?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for any thoughts.
>>> kylie
>>>
>>
>> This is a tricky one... My thought would be to try a sasanqua camellia
>> and maybe espalier onto the trellis. I have one in total shade on the
>> south side of my house and it does well. And once they get started they
>> are quick growing.
>>
>> Good luck.
>> Neil.
> That's a good idea! I've got three japonicas in almost total shade and
> they're doing pretty well too, only somehow I think it's only by
> accident...
thanks people. i'll have to investigate those suggestions! cheers.
kylie
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> has anyone any ideas on either a shortish vine (to 3m) or perhaps a
> visually interesting bush of some sort, that could be planted thusly:
> 1: total shade, never gets sunny, never really warm (south side of the
> house, corrugated tin wall)
> 2: in a pot (the ground there is concreted)
> 3: copes with cold & frost (to perhaps -6 or -7 in winter at the worst) &
> practically no eaves
> 4: reasonably quick-growing
> 5: if a vine, not strong - i don't want it pulling it's trellis down or
> anything like that - the wall wouldn't cope!
> is there such a thing?
> thanks in advance for any thoughts.
> kylie