Re: Vine for wooden utility pole

Around here in Eugene OR. we see a lot of poles covered w/ trumpet vine......a guy up the street just this year covered the streetlight pole with roofing felt then wrapped it in chicken wire....planted a T vine and so far so good...
Also several folks here have just installed an old pole or used a decommissioned pole for vines of all sorts......
The woman across the alley grew a vine up her utility pole and the thing took off and climbed up her service towards the mainline.....we worry about her everytime she uses an extention pruner to control it......Geeeeez....fried neigbhor!

Dee Maujean
Zone 8, Eugene, OR. USA


> Hello Don,
>     Is the utility pole is use? The utility companies are not too crazy 
> about things being grown up, especially if it gets on to the lines. I would 
> not go with Campsis ... it has a tendency to want to come up from runners 
> all around itself. Pretty aggressive plant. If your pole is in some shade 
> try climbing hydrangea... not nearly so aggressive as trumpet vine. There 
> are also all the annuals such as morning glory.....lab-lab bean, etc.
>     Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Martinson" <llmen@wi.rr.com>
> > What types of vines would successfully climb a wooden utility pole. These 
> > used to be treated with creosote, but I don't believe they do that 
> > anymore.   However, I wonder it they are still treated with something 
> > which would discourage any climbing plant.
> >
> > Any suggestions?  How about Campsis radicans?
> > Don Martinson
> 
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