tall, thin screen
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: tall, thin screen
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 11:02:05 PDT
This sounds like the perfect use for lonicera japonica, which was getting
quite a bit of badmouthing here recently (deservedly so if
you live in the southeastern U.S.)
In the san diego area where I seem to recall you are located, it
should make an excellent evergreen screen with a relatively long
summer flowering period, unbelievably good scent, and minimal care
problems. It is not the same invasive naturalizer in climates with
dry hot summers. At least this has been my experience here in the
central valley.
Needs something to climb on though. Works really well on chain link
fence, but an adequate trellis can be constructed of galvanized posts
set every eight or ten feet and then strung with fence wire. After four or
five years you won't see much of it.
This stuff, once established, is pretty drought tolerant. Grows here
with no summer water at all, but takes longer to reach the size you
need for a screen under those conditions. Insects and disease are not
an issue, nothing seems to bother it.
Yours most respectfully,
Michael Larmer
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