RE: shade flowering vine/mini "raised bed"

Chris wrote:

> Excellent suggestion!  I love this plant, although mine is a little
> slow-growing and seems to want to grow along the ground instead of > upwards.  :)   Although this year it has finally started to > grow upwards
> on the trunk of the oak tree at the base of my driveway.

I first saw this plant in an article in Fine Gardening magazine, the author
of the article was Marietta O'Byrne.  She trained her vine upward using some
kind of netting/tacking???  Oh, maybe she used something you could pound
into the tree with a "U" shape to train the vines??

Chris also wrote: > What materials work best?  I imagine that ceramic pots
would > crack, but
> flexible plastic is probably OK.  What about those foam pots?

I have an excellent suggestion, but I am sure many will be limited by it.  I
have a neighbor whose husband is a welder at Texaco.  He brings me the wheel
wells from tankers.  They are metal, big (2 1/2 x 2 feet?) and may rust in a
100 years, but for now, they are impervious to the elements.  So -- hang out
at your favorite tanker place would be my suggestion ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher P. Lindsey [lindsey@mallorn.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:29 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: shade flowering vine/mini "raised bed"
> > > SSaxton@schwabe.com writes:
> > >Another suggestion is schizophragma hydrangeaoides (sp?) 'Moonlight.'
> > >It flowers looks a bit like a climbing hydrangea, but the > leaves are shiny,
> >small leaves that are a tad silvery to reflect light.  Mine > is under a 100
> >year old Doug fir and holding its own.
> > Excellent suggestion!  I love this plant, although mine is a little
> slow-growing and seems to want to grow along the ground instead of > upwards.  :)   Although this year it has finally started to > grow upwards
> on the trunk of the oak tree at the base of my driveway.
> > Another one that I like for more confined spaces is Schizophragma
> hydrangeoides 'Brookside Little Leaf'.  It's essentially a dwarf form
> of Schizophragma with tiny little leaves about the size of a > quarter.  > I have one planted at the base of the 20' bald cypress in my backyard.
> > A favorite, but little found shade plant for is Lonicera > prolifera.  It's
> very similar to Lonicera sempervirens except that the flowers > are lemony
> yellow and the foliage is much bluer.  In fact, this one is > grown more for
> foliage than flower.  One other nice benefit is that it's a > native plant
> (unlike L. sempervirens), even found here in Illinois.
> > Every year I plan on taking cuttings from mine, and every > year I forget.  :(
> > >A suggestion:  In really tough areas like this, I use a huge pot that
> >tolerates outdoor conditions, with NO BOTTOM.  It is > basically like a "mini
> >raised bed," allowing the plant to get established before it > really has to
> >compete with the tree roots.  If it can compete, fine.  If > it wants to stay
> >in the pot and be a smaller plant, that's fine too.  Try it, > you'll like it!
> > Excellent idea, too! > > What materials work best?  I imagine that ceramic pots would > crack, but
> flexible plastic is probably OK.  What about those foam pots?
> > I remember reading that putting a length of rubber hose in a > pot will also
> help reduce cracking since the rubber will give way before > the edges of the
> pot will.
> > Chris
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