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Gardeners’ Forum: “climbers”

• climbers

  Posted by claudia barcellos on Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:46 am ADT

  hello everyone, i do not have gardening experience but would love to. just moved in to a main floor in a house with two small plots of abandoned land to recover and plant. i want to plant some kind of climber to give the old garage building some life again - it's located in the back of my backyard, which is north-facing and has partial sun. need some advice about what kind of climber i should plant and where to find it. somebody told me about mysteria, but i google it and couldn't find anything about. thanks in advance for your reading and possible answer. have yourself a splendid summer!

  • re: climbers

    Posted by Cheryl on Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:55 pm ADT

    I think you might be looking for wisteria. But it all depends on the zone you are in,how much sunlight it gets and if you want greens, or flowers or even vegetable. Some flowering vines that are perennial are clematis or a honeysuckle, just green vines you could do virginia creeper or hops. or you could do annual vines like sweet peas or scarlet runner beans or grape vines. Hope this gives you some ideas.

  • planting Clamatis

    Posted by doris smith on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:34 pm ADT

    When is the best time to plant Clamatis We have a rose arbour that we want to plant clamatis We have a purple Clamatis climing on our home and it is beautiful this has full sun the rose arbour has full sun as well coiuld we plant it now??/

  • re: climbers

    Posted by christina on Monday, August 4, 2008 4:43 pm ADT

    You can plant clematis at any time of year, you just have to know when it blooms, so you can prune it at the right time. The spring and summer bloomers can be pruned as soon as they are finished flowering, to give them time to develop some growth for the next year. Just trim off any dead winter damage in spring. The late bloomers can be pruned and cut back in spring and will flower on all their new growth. So keep a record of all your vines, store the tags in a journal or notebook to have an easy way of keeping track of what to prune and when.