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Any genius MSE ideas for attaching a trellis to a metal wall?

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BexInLondon
BexInLondon Posts: 382 Forumite
edited 18 June 2009 at 4:36PM in Gardening
We live on the top floor of a new build block of flats and are lucky enough to have a massive outside terrace but on the 11th floor. After early experiments with clematis were thwarted by the wind I've found a slightly more sheltered corner and my clematis thrived so much it has outgrown its small trellis. I want to put a bigger trellis behind it so it can carry on growing upwards. However the problem I have is that our walls are metal and I can't think of a way to make the trellis stay up without folding down on itself. The initial small trellis is fixed in place with LOTS of canes and garden wires but I'm not sure how to fix up the bigger one, especially since I don't want to damage the plant by fiddling around behind it too much.

One amazing idea I had was to superglue some tiny screws to the wall and tie the trellis on with garden wire but they just wouldn't stick. Idea number 2, white-tac, worked until a bad day for wind brought the trellis AND the clematis down flat onto the floor.

If anyone has any bright ideas I will be sooo grateful!

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