90% of the time it is. Plants WANT to grow. I have done this and there are photos to prove. They just need their feet (roots) in a non-hostile ground and their leaves in the sun, with some bamboo sticks to wind around for support to start with.
Jeez! If only we’d known it was that simple … for more than a decade now I, and others, have been trying (and succeeding) to help gardeners to achieve their gardening ambitions … particularly when their ambitions have outreached their experience.
The 90% who’ve found things simple aren’t usually the ones who come to this forum seeking advice from experienced gardeners.
A frequent problem we come across is that sometimes a climber will seem to establish well … and then a few years on, as the increasing amount of top growth makes more and more demands on the roots, the planting site proves to be unsuitable to sustain the plant and achieve the desired effect.
It’s a shame when enquirers get carried away by well-meaning advice from ambitious but inexperienced gardeners.
Of course the more savvy enquirer can check out the personal statements and previous posts before taking advice …
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you look at the photos of the hedge in question - the only suitable side to plant climbers [or anything] is on the grassed side. The 'grass' nearby is clearly not doing well - probably due to shade, therefore not the best site for Jasmine of any kind. Other climbers might suit, but it's whether it's worth it or not to try and establish and maintain anything that's the question for @Khanivore
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have grown Jasmine Officinale all my life. They will do fine right there and overrun the brown part of the fence with beautiful flowers. The only difficulty they encounter is over-wintering in the first year. They are tender until they get established.
If you put the Jasmine in like 6 x 12 inch pots right now and grow them on a sunny windowsill or near a sunny window or in a conservatory over winter, then put them out in the sun next April after the frosts, and grow them there, take them in for the winter again, then plant them out in spring after that, they will be fine. Put a long bamboo stick in each one and train them up the bamboo.
When you put them in the ground, tease them off the bamboo gently and wind them tall over the hedge. They will take off from there.
Dove and Fairy, you are trolling me everywhere with "don't do, don't do" to whatever I say. "Me, me, me, I only can help." Let other people's help, expertise, and experience come through.
If you aren't experienced @Khanivore, as you've already stated, please take your time before coming to any decision. The vast majority of members here have given you very good advice, but only you can make a decision as to how you want to proceed. As already said - your location, and your climate [plus the amount of time you have for maintenance] are all major factors, so don't rush into it just now. If the hedge keeps deteriorating [which looks extremely likely] it's better taken out. I appreciate that you want the privacy, but unfortunately, it's not always possible to get round these things. On the plus side - we're almost into bare root hedging season, so buying new whips is a lot cheaper.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Jac19 - my experience is also very different to @Dovefromabove's. It's also different to @JennyJ's, and to @CostumedVole's and to @Liriodendron and @Buttercupdays, and a lot of other forum members, yet we're all saying very similar things regarding this query, and many other queries. We also respond to lots of other queries which you don't seem to have responded to, so I'm not sure why you think we're trolling you.
Are we all just 'wrong' then, and shouldn't question anything that anyone else states or recommends. Is that what you're saying?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Other climbers might suit, but it's whether it's worth it or not to try and establish and maintain anything that's the question for @Khanivore
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If you put the Jasmine in like 6 x 12 inch pots right now and grow them on a sunny windowsill or near a sunny window or in a conservatory over winter, then put them out in the sun next April after the frosts, and grow them there, take them in for the winter again, then plant them out in spring after that, they will be fine. Put a long bamboo stick in each one and train them up the bamboo.
When you put them in the ground, tease them off the bamboo gently and wind them tall over the hedge. They will take off from there.
The vast majority of members here have given you very good advice, but only you can make a decision as to how you want to proceed.
As already said - your location, and your climate [plus the amount of time you have for maintenance] are all major factors, so don't rush into it just now. If the hedge keeps deteriorating [which looks extremely likely] it's better taken out.
I appreciate that you want the privacy, but unfortunately, it's not always possible to get round these things.
On the plus side - we're almost into bare root hedging season, so buying new whips is a lot cheaper.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We also respond to lots of other queries which you don't seem to have responded to, so I'm not sure why you think we're trolling you.
Are we all just 'wrong' then, and shouldn't question anything that anyone else states or recommends. Is that what you're saying?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...