My 3-ft chain link fence is covered with a combination of Wintergreen
and Honeysuckle, neither of which were planted by me. I am guilty of
planting some Wintergreen Manhattans around the front of the house and
along my carport, but the birds took care of adding the plantings along
the fence, their favorite perch. I spent quite a bit last year trimming
all of this, but we're now at the middle of May and I have already asked
the landscaper to schedule another cut.
Yes, the green looks better than the wire, but not when it gets as high
as my head and grows at a rapid rate. Then, it becomes a nuisance. :-(
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/20/2016 4:57 PM, Moose wrote:
On 5/19/2016 10:11 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
While experimenting with some lens combinations, I came across a nice
example of one of the nuisances that is taking over my fence.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Beautiful+Nuisance.tif.html
How a nuisance? Few things better for transforming a chain link fence
into a thing of beauty. There is some sort of beautiful flowering vine
on such a fence near us. One part of the fence was replaced, turning a
corner we pass often ugly, but the plant is spreading back from the
other side. That's about all I know of that I might prefer to
honeysuckle. Perhaps it's invasive in your climate? Not here.
And I'm with Bob about sucking the nectar out. One of the few clear
memories I have of my first grammar school was the wonderful honeysuckle.
Sucker for a Pretty Face Moose
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