Clematis Netting

joeyvicks

I have a garage wall that i would like to cover with a vigarous clematis climber.
From what i have read it seems to me that netting is a better option than trellis but i think i will struggle to fix netting to the wall as the concrete is very strong!

Is there any other method as opposed to nails/screws?

joeyvicks

How well does this netting need to be fixed? Does clematis become very heavy once it starts growing well? Last think I want is it pulling the netting away and ending up on the floor!

B'stard

If you have a flat roofed garage why not tie the netting to a paving slap(s)?

joeyvicks

What do you mean? Stick a paving slab on the roof and tie it to that?

I've got half the wall netted up to now by nailing through the timber panel at the top but there is nothing supporting its middle or bottom which worries me a little...

Money_maker

How about some bamboo canes?

B'stard

You said you didn't want to use nails or screws. The paving slab would be heavy enough to be able to support the net and the plants.

You could try this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TENAX-MESH-SUP...item3ef8d9d6b5

I have just covered a long breeze block wall with trellis. I attached trellis clips, see link below, and added some 2"x2" pieces of wood to them. I then drilled the trellis to the wood.
There was minimal drilling into the wall - http://img811.imageshack.us/f/p1010344y.jpg/


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Trellis-Clip-F...item3cb4a6a3ad

peter_the_piper

Not sure netting is a good idea, it'll be almost impossible to cut the clematis back if needed. Try wires stretched between eyebolts if possible.

splodger_seedswapper

ditto to the above post - i don't think netting is that great for clematis - old sea ropes work well as does wires

if you don't want to (or can't) attach anything to the wall itself - can you not just train the clematis up something freestanding (to get it going) then let it climb along a top wire / rope on the wall

for a freestanding support - canes, obelisk rose arch, another plant/tree will do - i make my own clematis climbing supports out of the tops of birch trees, which i just bundle up and bind together to make a sort of obelisk come cone of twigs for the climber to hold on to as it climbs up the fence (then i just train it along the top)

if you are thinking of a vigorous clematis (like montana) you won't need much support once it gets going a few wires would suffice (or use freestand support and just let it do it's thing

irnbru_2

joeyvicks wrote: »

I have a garage wall that i would like to cover with a vigarous clematis climber.

What about a climbing hydrangea instead?

joeyvicks

ive seen a couple of videos which have people recommending fishing line?

Anyone tried this? Just not sure how i would fix the bottom of the line...

joeyvicks

anyone tried the fishing line method?

Id do this on my garage wall but the foot of the wall is on a concrete foundation so im not sure as to how i would fix the line?