Posted by karaman on September 24, 2011, 2:46 am
hallo,
requirement: PRIVACY / quick growth if poss / leaves to end october-ish
site and situation:
- 6 foot high 50 foot wide chain-link fence
- full sun thus full frost / some wind
- 6 inches topsoil, rest sand,sand,sand.....
- 30 degree summers -20 degree winters with wind and rain between
- flowers would be nice, fruit a bonus, birds, spiders and anything else
that wants to park itself therein b***y marvellous!
here are my frugal pickings, would they be any good given the above:
deadly nightshade (transplanted from under a tree)
lonicera (seems to like sand, will get a bit from a friend)
passionflower (will have to buy this one)
clematis (blue flower, no idea what sort but will transplant from
elsewhere with some acid soil)
thought i'd put them all in, see which one survives/thrives
so what do you think, any hope of some privacy next year?
thanks
karaman
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karaman
Posted by David Hare-Scott on September 24, 2011, 5:49 pm
karaman wrote:
> hallo,
>
> requirement: PRIVACY / quick growth if poss / leaves to end
> october-ish
>
> site and situation:
>
> - 6 foot high 50 foot wide chain-link fence
> - full sun thus full frost / some wind
> - 6 inches topsoil, rest sand,sand,sand.....
> - 30 degree summers -20 degree winters with wind and rain between
> - flowers would be nice, fruit a bonus, birds, spiders and anything
> else that wants to park itself therein b***y marvellous!
>
Is that 20 or -20 degrees in winter? F or C?
> here are my frugal pickings, would they be any good given the above:
>
> deadly nightshade (transplanted from under a tree)
> lonicera (seems to like sand, will get a bit from a friend)
> passionflower (will have to buy this one)
Not frost hardy.
> clematis (blue flower, no idea what sort but will transplant from
> elsewhere with some acid soil)
>
> thought i'd put them all in, see which one survives/thrives
>
> so what do you think, any hope of some privacy next year?
>
> thanks
>
> karaman
D
Posted by Chris Thompson on October 3, 2011, 12:14 am
@news.albasani.net:
> karaman wrote:
>> hallo,
>>
>> requirement: PRIVACY / quick growth if poss / leaves to end
>> october-ish
>>
>> site and situation:
>>
>> - 6 foot high 50 foot wide chain-link fence
>> - full sun thus full frost / some wind
>> - 6 inches topsoil, rest sand,sand,sand.....
>> - 30 degree summers -20 degree winters with wind and rain between
>> - flowers would be nice, fruit a bonus, birds, spiders and anything
>> else that wants to park itself therein b***y marvellous!
>>
>
> Is that 20 or -20 degrees in winter? F or C?
30 degree summers in Fahrenheit? Think about that for a second!
Chris
>
>> here are my frugal pickings, would they be any good given the above:
>>
>> deadly nightshade (transplanted from under a tree)
>> lonicera (seems to like sand, will get a bit from a friend)
>> passionflower (will have to buy this one)
>
> Not frost hardy.
>
>> clematis (blue flower, no idea what sort but will transplant from
>> elsewhere with some acid soil)
>>
>> thought i'd put them all in, see which one survives/thrives
>>
>> so what do you think, any hope of some privacy next year?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> karaman
>
> D
>
Posted by David Hare-Scott on October 3, 2011, 2:34 am
Chris Thompson wrote:
> @news.albasani.net:
>
>> karaman wrote:
>>> hallo,
>>>
>>> requirement: PRIVACY / quick growth if poss / leaves to end
>>> october-ish
>>>
>>> site and situation:
>>>
>>> - 6 foot high 50 foot wide chain-link fence
>>> - full sun thus full frost / some wind
>>> - 6 inches topsoil, rest sand,sand,sand.....
>>> - 30 degree summers -20 degree winters with wind and rain between
>>> - flowers would be nice, fruit a bonus, birds, spiders and anything
>>> else that wants to park itself therein b***y marvellous!
>>>
>>
>> Is that 20 or -20 degrees in winter? F or C?
>
> 30 degree summers in Fahrenheit? Think about that for a second!
>
> Chris
>
Heard Island?
D
>
> requirement: PRIVACY / quick growth if poss / leaves to end
> october-ish
>
> site and situation:
>
> - 6 foot high 50 foot wide chain-link fence
> - full sun thus full frost / some wind
> - 6 inches topsoil, rest sand,sand,sand.....
> - 30 degree summers -20 degree winters with wind and rain between
> - flowers would be nice, fruit a bonus, birds, spiders and anything
> else that wants to park itself therein b***y marvellous!
>