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Hi Don,
I don't have a lot to contribute on this one.
I have issues with vines...they need training, which I tend to forget to do and
then they start going in all the wrong directions. How about Hydrangea anomala
petiolaris? There are some nice varieties out there
now. It can eventually get quite tall, but I think it would be easily
controlled.
20+ years ago, before I knew much about such
things, I planted a Campsis Madame Galen in exactly the same
exposure you described. It grew well and has never really gotten out of
hand as most Campsis do because of the location.
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From:
l*@wi.rr.com
To: p*@hort.net ; w*@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:24
PM
Subject: Ideas for an arbor
I came upon the following photo from a
catalog:
http://www.tinyurl.com/7olll9t
This
gave me an idea to create an arbor over my rear door and small deck (the black
lines are for reference only):
http://www.tinyurl.com/6vw2kre
Issues
(construction and materials aside):
1. Obviously, I don't happen
to own a chateau at the moment.
2. The deck faces a direction
which is approximately East-Northeast and only receives a bit of morning sun,
although plants on the deck seem to do relatively well as it is a bright
shade.
3. The small patch of open ground (indicated on the second
photo) gets no sun at all, and so whatever I plant won't get ANY direct
sunlight until it gets above the level of the deck.
4. I'm
thinking some sort of perennial vine, probably woody, but not so rampant that
it will require constant pruning (so, no Wisteria or Vitis). I?d
consider Akebia quinata , but I already have 2 of those (purple and
white), and they do quite well along the north side of my house.
5.
I?d consider other species of Akebia if they would look a bit different
(trifoliata?) or even the variegated A. quinata (does anyone know of a source
of a nice clone of this)?
6. I live in Milwaukee (Zone 5) and
despite our very mild winter so far, we can normally expect temps down to ?10F
(-25C) or even lower.
Thanks in advance for any
suggestions.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, WI 53213
Supporting the Organization for Tropical
Studies
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