RE: need a plant recomendation

I grow morning glories up my telephone pole and I'm right on the main drag in town.  Civic improvement I call it.

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From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 20:05:03 -0800

>This is a metal (hence ugly) pole- so it would be more tied onto it than
>anything.  I don't know if they will be upset about a plant growing up it,
>but I figure I'm willing to risk it.  We live in a quiet neighborhood off
>the beaten path- so it's not like city workers come by here more than once
>every 10 years anyway.
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Judy L Browning
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 7:20 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a plant recomendation
>
>
>Will the city let you do that? Here we may not attach anything to any
>utility poles. Of course, they've only in the past few years started using
>cherry pickers instead of the workers using shoe cleats & belts to shimmy up
>the poles!
>Judy B
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:55 PM
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] need a plant recomendation
>
>
>> Thanks Cathy-
>> I plan on checking out these wire grids that gardener's supply sell for
>> downspouts- seems like I could put 2 of the half-circle grids together to
>> surround the pole (which is very tall- it is the municipal street light).
>>
>> Theresa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> Behalf Of cathy carpenter
>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 11:42 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a plant recomendation
>>
>>
>> I love Lonicera sempivirens, and I think it would do well for you.
>> Hummingbirds love it, and others like the fruit. However, like the
>> trumpet vine, it will need to be trained up the light pole (neither are
>> "efficient climbers") and both have the potential to grow extremely
>> tall (maybe more than you want for a light pole).
>> Cathy
>> On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Theresa wrote:
>>
>> > This sound like a good fit- I was also considering one of the less
>> > invasive
>> > honeysuckle varieties- jsut not sure which these would be.
>> >
>> > Theresa
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> > Behalf Of Pamela J. Evans
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:47 AM
>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] need a plant recomendation
>> >
>> >
>> > If you have room, one of the non-invasive trumpet vine (Campsis)
>> > cultivars. I have the 'Flava' which is yellowish and is very well
>> > mannered, does not reseed and is very happy w/ heat and clay soil.
>> > Don't
>> > use the species trumpet vine - it's bent on world domination.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> > From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
>> > Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Date:  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 07:51:39 -0800
>> >
>> >> HI all-
>> >>
>> >> For my new pathway-  I need a climbing plant that will climb up the
>> >> lightpole at the corner.  Needs to be vigorous and tolerate lousy soil
>> > (clay
>> >> and gravel). Preferably something that doesn't reseed like crazy, as
>> >> it
>> > will
>> >> be near my raised bed with wonderful soil in them (and I have an idea
>> >> that
>> >> the only thing that will grow in the native ground would be invasive
>> >> in the
>> >> good soil). It will get irrigation in summer.  Oh- it gets some
>> >> significant
>> >> sun and heat from the sidewalk/street.  I will put up some type of
>> >> wire/fencin around the lightpole to help the plant climb.  Any
>> >> suggestions?
>> >>
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>> > Pam Evans
>> > Kemp TX/zone 8A
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