Climbers on fence

olgadapolga

Davesnave said:

olgadapolga said:

Catsacor said:

The neighbours gly'd your rose ?????
Hmmmm, might have been a real fiery response from my end if i'd had that happen 😣🤐😮 
Neighbourly coexistence is sooooo important isn't it .....saves lives 😂

I read Davesnave's comment the other way around - that HIS fence ended up with a neighbour's rose, which then got the glyphosate treatment.

We could have done what my Dad's rear neighbour did, though. Every summer he'd remove his 6' fence panels for a day or so to do 'maintenance.' Used to drive my Dad mad!

Ha! We used to do this with our fence. The neighbours hated us for it as we used to paint the fence horrible colours (but only the side they saw, our side was a little more subtle) when they were on holiday. They never knew what colour they were coming back to!

olgadapolga

Dedekind said:

Have a rather related question so I won't add a new thread:

when the fence is coming closer to the house, the panels are high (1.8m). We still want to cover them up with some greenery. I think something like English Ivy but I hear it's not recommended to let it grow on wooden fences. Boston Ivy would be better maybe?  If not possible to use ivy then I can think of some twines as well.

Having just moved into a property covered in thick ivy and Virginia creeper, I can honestly say that these two are the worst garden plants ever. The ivy was so thick it had killed off the trees supporting it and the wasp-like insects were a nightmare (although they disappeared once the ivy had been removed). There are nicer plants if you are going to spend money on them.

Dedekind

Fair enough  
Any other recommendations? My wife is looking for something ivy-like in the sense of having dense covering foliage.

Farway

Dedekind said:

Now that you mention it we do have a rambling rose on the same fence, further back, planted by previous owner. They never complained about it, only this year it started to grow a bit on their side.

Fingers crossed then . Here's one growing from a wood near me. Took the photo on Thursday, I assume it was chucked into the wood as as a young plant. Handy fly tip near the road

Dedekind

Isn't it just a matter of pruning it?

Davesnave

Dedekind said:

Isn't it just a matter of pruning it?

Something like 'Kiftsgate' or 'Rambling Rector' is genetically programmed to go 50', so owners may well tire of that.

shinytop

olgadapolga said:

Dedekind said:

Have a rather related question so I won't add a new thread:

when the fence is coming closer to the house, the panels are high (1.8m). We still want to cover them up with some greenery. I think something like English Ivy but I hear it's not recommended to let it grow on wooden fences. Boston Ivy would be better maybe?  If not possible to use ivy then I can think of some twines as well.

Having just moved into a property covered in thick ivy and Virginia creeper, I can honestly say that these two are the worst garden plants ever. The ivy was so thick it had killed off the trees supporting it and the wasp-like insects were a nightmare (although they disappeared once the ivy had been removed). There are nicer plants if you are going to spend money on them.

Ditto here.  I've just spent an hour this afternoon pulling ivy off a wooden fence.  Horrible stuff.

Davesnave

Ivy is an extremely important wild plant, especially for insects, but with thousands of good plants to grow in a garden and a  finite space, it may not be a sensible choice to grow it.

maloricsmam

I'd be careful with Jasmine and Honeysuckle on wooden fences, they're beautiful but invasive especially Jasmine, I've had both along 2 thirds of my 6ft high - 32ft long party fence with clematis (2 types) on rest of it, I recently asked a fencing guy out for an estimate as the 5 posts (on my side) have rotted at the base and need replacing (£150) then we noticed the cross rails joining the posts at 3 levels have rotted (and some of the fence boards) where the honeysuckle and jasmine were wound around the posts according to the fence they drain the moisture from the wood, it also happens with Ivy (which also damages brickwork) or any clinging plant but apparently clematis/roses don't cause that level of damage so I now have a whole fence to sort out which is probably going to be another £200 at least 

MysteryMe

Clematis like Montana are a weed as far I'm concerned. My neighbour has it on their side of my fence and it's tendrils came over the top of the fence over to my side and clung on to my shrubs and bamboo in pots. It was also working it's way between the planks of wood. They got the message when I hacked back everything that had encroached on my side and they have now chopped it right back