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I want a climbing plant for my wall which is fast growing ?




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If it's sheltered enough, you could try Clematis armandii which has large leathery leaves and white flowers in early spring. Fast growing of course usually also means it needs a large area of structure (wall) to grow on. I presume you have this? It will need something to attach itself too as it is not a clinger but uses its leaf stalks to wrap around wires, twigs etc so attach strong mesh or wires at regular intervals.

There are quite a few other candidates but as you have not specified anything other than fast growing, I will leave this for others to add to.

21 Feb, 2010

 

if you want something REALLY fast growing theres 'russian mile-a-minute-vine' but its not for the faint hearted i'd google it first!, there are things like virginia creeper and boston ivy but they cling to a wall and may damage the brickwork sounds as if i'm putting you off my ideas but I'm not sure if its a house wall or an old wall that you want to cover quickly

21 Feb, 2010

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As mentioned above, it really depends on what sort of wall, what aspect (ie north facing, south facing, etc), whether there's any support for a climbing plant eg a trellis, area of wall to be covered, height of wall, etc ,etc....

21 Feb, 2010

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