Posted by Renee on April 4, 2007, 8:52 am
Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
told they cover fences superbly.
many thanks in advance
Posted by Derek Turner on April 4, 2007, 9:04 am
Renee wrote:
> Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
> told they cover fences superbly.
>
> many thanks in advance
>
By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!
They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
growing season. Really best avoided.
Posted by Nick Maclaren on April 4, 2007, 9:20 am
|> Renee wrote:
|> > Could anyone tell me where I could get hold of a Russian vine? I'm
|> > told they cover fences superbly.
|> >
|> > many thanks in advance
|> >
|> By the bottom of the stem and pull hard to uproot it!
|>
|> They cover fences, gates, sheds houses and entire villages in one
|> growing season. Really best avoided.
Yes. The George Bush of the horticultural world - aggressive and
boring.
Why not describe the requirement more precisely? This group can
recommend much more interesting things that cover fences nearly as
fast. You should provide the size of the fence (length and height),
aspect (facing south or whatever), roughly the type of soil, whether
you object to the cover taking over the rest of your garden, and
whether you would like flowers, fruit, birds or what.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Anne Jackson on April 4, 2007, 6:45 pm
The message from nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:
> Why not describe the requirement more precisely?
The 'requirement' is to be controversial...Renee is a troll.
--
AnneJ
"I like to keep up the image of smoking,
only because it's getting such a bad press!!
(Joanna Lumley)
Posted by Renee on April 4, 2007, 7:12 pm
On Apr 4, 2:20 pm, n...@cus.cam.ac.uk (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
> Why not describe the requirement more precisely? This group can
> recommend much more interesting things that cover fences nearly as
> fast. You should provide the size of the fence (length and height),
> aspect (facing south or whatever), roughly the type of soil, whether
> you object to the cover taking over the rest of your garden, and
> whether you would like flowers, fruit, birds or what.
I understand it's called polygonum aubertii. I've seen it on fences
while travelling through Teesdale and did once stop the car to ask a
householder there where she got hers, but she said she'd inherited it.
It looked lovely and I'd like some for my fence. It's south-facing,
roughly five foot high and twenty-five foot long. If you think it will
be invasive, then maybe you could suggest something similar i.e. that
totally covers the fence and produces flowers of some kind. The
Russian vine I saw produced tiny white flowers and looked quite
stunning when in full bloom.
many thanks,
Renee
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> told they cover fences superbly.
>
> many thanks in advance
>