Mumsy's Romantic Garden Advice

[aoxa]

Okay...if you're going to post the "proper name" you have to post the "common name" too (at least the common name that's used in your area).

PS: Sounds pretty "fancy pants" to me. (Pardon me, madam... would you have any Lavatera Arborea

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I call them Lavatera, but they are also called: "Silver Cup".

Still thinking through a backdrop for that fence.

After reading about the ivy (which I love by the way) I am thinking that I probably don't want to use what's now considered invasive (unless y'all can convince me...I really do like the look and it would definitely do the job...). I also know that it is poisonous at least to goats but I'm hoping that a goat would have better sense than to pig-out on something like that.)

Anyhow...
There are Arborvitae that do okay in our area but I really don't like the "tall skinny" look. (Picky Picky...) I wonder if there is an Arborvitae that will spread out a little fuller but top out at about 6 ft. height...or if they could be trimmed or shaped or something. (Just thinking out loud here.)

Someone said goats love Ivy and it does not bother them. I also love the look, and tried to train it up the side of my garage at my previous house and it was very slow growing whatever it was. It was some type of Ivy though.

I vote grapes or honeysuckle... My parents have grapes growing up their pool deck, and it spreads FAST and covers the entire wall with just one plant. You'd need more than one, but it really is pretty, and the grapes are tasty if you get them before the birds do.

For annual vines - I like Scarlet Runner, Nasturtium, Morning Glories, and Black Eyed Susan vines.

Here are some fences covered with what I just mentioned:


Black Eyed Susan


Nasturtium


Scarlet Runner (Bonus, these grow beans!)


Morning Glory

Now these are annuals.. They grow VERY fast, but only last in the year you plant.. I am impatient. I would want something NOW. You could grow these with your perennial vine of choice to create fast privacy. Just an idea.

I've grown all of these very successfully.

 

[aoxa]

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[Leahs Mom]

Those are BEAUTIFUL... But I'm hoping for something that continues go give privacy in the winter. I'd like a little seclusion around here since town is moving out.

And I kind-of like a "wild look"....rather than just a straight row of the same thing that was obviously planted for a privacy.

There is a house down the road - an old 1800s house - that has a large variety of old trees (Including old spruces), vines, etc. that look like they just came up where they were dropped. This front is so well camouflaged that I didn't even know there was a house there. I went down to visit these folks at the advice of my fencing guy to see their gates. I was AMAZED... there is a 30 acre farm back there with pastures full of wonderful sheep, a wonderful old well-kept barn, a beautiful old 1800s brick farm house, etc. ...and I didn't even know there was a house there.

It is so beautiful behind there - you feel like you're in a whole different world. Peaceful, pretty, nice barn. Right there on a very busy highway on a curve.

I wish I could make that happen where I am.

 

[aoxa]

Those are BEAUTIFUL... But I'm hoping for something that continues go give privacy in the winter. I'd like a little seclusion around here since town is moving out.

And I kind-of like a "wild look"....rather than just a straight row of the same thing that was obviously planted for a privacy.

There is a house down the road - an old 1800s house - that has a large variety of old trees (Including old spruces), vines, etc. that look like they just came up where they were dropped. This front is so well camouflaged that I didn't even know there was a house there. I went down to visit these folks at the advice of my fencing guy to see their gates. I was AMAZED... there is a 30 acre farm back there with pastures full of wonderful sheep, a wonderful old well-kept barn, a beautiful old 1800s brick farm house, etc. ...and I didn't even know there was a house there.

It is so beautiful behind there - you feel like you're in a whole different world. Peaceful, pretty, nice barn. Right there on a very busy highway on a curve.

I wish I could make that happen where I am.

Like I mentioned, do a combination.

Holboellia coriacea could work

Or what about rose vines, or hydrangea vines?

 

[aoxa]

Climbing Hydrangea

Isn't it stunning? Drool.. I want it!

According to a few sources, goats do not like the taste of it.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Wow...I've never seen climbing before. Have to look this one up: Holboellia coriacea


ETA: Just looked. Says zone 7-10. I'm in a little strip west of the lake that is zone 6b but everything around that area is 5 so I don't think that it would work?

 

[MumsyII]

The thing is this about latin names. The common name for plants many use in other parts of the country make no sense to me. What you call Black eyed Susans are an annual called Thunbergia here. They don't do well in flower borders here. I grow them in pots. What I think of when you say 'Black Eyed Susan' is in the Rudebeckia family. A perennial. See what I mean? I could be spending a lot of hours trying to figure out what you all are talking about. We don't need to know how to pronounce them, just spell them. And of course pictures are the great equalizer.

My climbing hydrangea is spectacular. It takes three to four years to get going and then it is a steady climber.


We keep it pruned up to six feet so we can walk under and around it.

It will wrap and twine itself around supports. It will snap flimsy supports in half.


It attaches itself with clinging little feet like ivy. It doesn't spread but continues to grow up and out. A choice climbing shrub. Besides the beautiful flowers, I love the red peeling bark.


I posted this image earlier. This is the top of my climbing hydrangea from above. The tiny flowers in the center of the bloom are fertile, the larger outer flowers are sterile. Like a flat flowered old fashioned blue hydrangea only creamy white.

 

[aoxa]

The thing is this about latin names. The common name for plants many use in other parts of the country make no sense to me. What you call Black eyed Susans are an annual called Thunbergia here. They don't do well in flower borders here. I grow them in pots. What I think of when you say 'Black Eyed Susan' is in the Rudebeckia family. A perennial. See what I mean? I could be spending a lot of hours trying to figure out what you all are talking about. We don't need to know how to pronounce them, just spell them. And of course pictures are the great equalizer.

Hmm I figured Black Eyed Susan was a term used all around Sorry bout that! I will post pictures if I use the common name.

Do you know what I mean when I say Four O'Clock? Because the latin name.. How on earth would you pronounce it? Typing it okay, I can do that. But I'd never be able to go into a nursery and ask for it by the latin name.. At least not properly! Lol
Mirabilis jalapa

 

[MumsyII]

Those are BEAUTIFUL... But I'm hoping for something that continues go give privacy in the winter. I'd like a little seclusion around here since town is moving out.

And I kind-of like a "wild look"....rather than just a straight row of the same thing that was obviously planted for a privacy.

There is a house down the road - an old 1800s house - that has a large variety of old trees (Including old spruces), vines, etc. that look like they just came up where they were dropped. This front is so well camouflaged that I didn't even know there was a house there. I went down to visit these folks at the advice of my fencing guy to see their gates. I was AMAZED... there is a 30 acre farm back there with pastures full of wonderful sheep, a wonderful old well-kept barn, a beautiful old 1800s brick farm house, etc. ...and I didn't even know there was a house there.

It is so beautiful behind there - you feel like you're in a whole different world. Peaceful, pretty, nice barn. Right there on a very busy highway on a curve.

I wish I could make that happen where I am.

THAT! Is what I'm talking about! Lush plantings that look like they grew up naturally, but oviously someone put thought into it at one time. I am not a fan of plants stuck in the ground all lined up like soldiers in a row. All the same and no variety tells me the story at one glance and then I lose interest. Boring. A grouping or large plantings that makes your eye wander and wonder. 'What's behind that shrubbery?" Mystery. That's what I'm after. Of course there is function first. Privacy.

You can make it happen Leahs Mom. That's what I'm here for.

 

[MumsyII]

Hmm I figured Black Eyed Susan was a term used all around Sorry bout that! I will post pictures if I use the common name.

Do you know what I mean when I say Four O'Clock? Because the latin name.. How on earth would you pronounce it? Typing it okay, I can do that. But I'd never be able to go into a nursery and ask for it by the latin name.. At least not properly! Lol
Mirabilis jalapa

Don't be sorry Justine. I didn't mean to sound scolding. Actually, it is a learning experience for me too. You all are sharing your properties and plants with me that I would never get to see in my lifetime. It's thrilling for me to come on here each and every time. Plants I've never heard of or seen is so much fun. But I wish to keep up with you folks.