vines for sheds

 ah, everyone's favourite topic <g>

have a fugly shed i want to cover, & have decided (i think) on soemthing
from the jasmine family, because they are easy, tough, evergreen, etc. &
then they make nice flowers. our climate is rather cool & the soil in that
spot is all clay - there's no topsoil there & i assume jasmines will grow
there (they seem to grow anywhere!) i also don't want anything deciduous, as
the shed is just as ugly in winter as it is in summer ;-) the planting spot
faces about east-south-east.

does anyone have any points for or against jasmine in this situation?  is
there one jasmine above all that you would recommend? or a better
suggestion?

if you had a fugly shed, what would you grow on it?
thanks!
kylie

 0tterbot wrote:

I find the scent of jasmine a bit strong, a suitable native to consider is
the Wonga vine (Pandorea pandorana)
http://lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Documents/Plant/wongavine.htm
http://asgap.org.au/jpg1/000924.jpg   http://asgap.org.au/p-pan.html

It is a woody vine with white to pink and golden fowers and a good grower.
We live in Boronia, Victoria (just at the base of the Dandenongs) so the
weather is quite cold in winter, we have a Wonga vine in a corner between
the garage and the house (next to a large tree fern) which faces south so it
is quite shady, our soil is heavy but I have built it up with grass
clippings, compost, dead leaves etc. The vine gets no water except what
falls from the sky.

Aparently its natural range is Tasmania to N.E. Queensland.

Pandorea jasminoides (Bower of Beauty) is similar and also grows well in our
area, it has larger white to pink flowers
(http://asgap.org.au/jpg1/810114.jpg ) (http://asgap.org.au/p-jas.html )
(http://www.garden-services.com/jasmine.htm )

There are a number of cultivars of both so check with your local nursery as
to the variety that does best in your area.

 
well, that is a nice looking vine! (and prettier than jasmine, too).


thanks greenie. i very much doubt the second would go here (climate) but
i'll follow up on the wonga vine & see if it's available locally, etc.

i'd honestly prefer a really pretty native if possible, so that would be
good.
ta!
kylie

 

Well blow me down!

It just so happens that I am currently reading one of Susan Irvine's rose
books, specifically "Rose Gardens of Australia" and I had just decided last
night that I must find a place for a Wonga wonga vine after seeing a pic in
her book (p 45 or thereabouts).  I come in here this morning and here is the
very plant getting a mention!!!!!  The pic in the book seems to feature a
vine growing in a garden along the Murray and if it can be that floriferous
in a dry climate, I would like to give it a go here.

 
it's jungian synchronicity - that's what it is ;-)

 The pic in the book seems to feature a

well, i am! my climate's moister & cooler, but i'm feeling lucky <g>
kylie