Re: climbers for salty winds
- Subject: Re: climbers for salty winds
- From: Joe Seals g*@yahoo.com
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:19:02 -0800 (PST)
Alessandra:
I find these vines doing well in seacoast situations:
Ficus pumila CREEPING FIG
Hedera helix ENGLISH IVY
Hibbertia scandens GUINEA GOLD VINE
Kennedia rubicunda DUSKY CORAL PEA
Rosa banksiae LADY BANKS ROSE
Joe
--- "Vinciguerra, Alessandra"
<a.vinciguerra@aarome.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> what vines would you suggest for a very exposed
> situation, a pergola running parallel to the
> shore, almost on the beach, with salt-laden
> winds in the winter and baking sun in the summer?
> Studying here and there I came up with the following
> list, but I don't have first hand experience with
> any except Hibbertia, Pandorea and Podranea (that I
> don't fidn that salt-resistant).
> Clerodendron inerme, Podranea ricasoliana, Hibbertia
> scandens, Hoya australis, Kennedia rubicunda,
> Marsdenia fraseri, Cissus hypoglauca, Pandorea
> pandorana.
> Note that the trees associated with this planting
> are Metrosideros. Do you have advice about these, or
> other vines, and any experience with similiar
> situations? Thanks,
> Alessandra
>
>
> Alessandra Vinciguerra
> Superintendent of Gardens
> American Academy in Rome
> via Masina, 5
> 00153 Roma
> a.vinciguerra@aarome.org
> Tel. 39-6-5846444
> Cell. 39-339-5881651
>
>
=====
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my garden always has something blooming
and birds galore
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