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Posted by 0tterbot on February 16, 2008, 6:27 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > 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
>>>
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>> 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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