@Hilarymac3 - Russian Vine is not self clinging. It is not going to solve your problem with the blue fence as it is not evergreen. An evergreen Jasmine or Ivy would be better. Russian Vine is not the monster others have said: problems arrive when people are lazy and do not care for it and prune it back in winter and spring.
Sounds ok, im trying to find somthing to put on the chain link wast highy fence its about30 meters long over looking fields and hills it would act as a wind brake and get ride of the horrible chain link i have looked at others like conifers wistirea ect but im very new at this i was given a hight raised grow box and food plants to grow and i seem to have gone mad but as a ex soldier with PTSD i cant belive how calming gardening is.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Whatever you do, DO NOT plant this as you will live to regret it! We have been trying to get rid of ours for years but it keeps coming back! It is not called mile a minute for nothing! I even dug up the roots one year and under some paving slabs to get rid of it but it just comes back. We have cut it all back again this year but every year it just comes back...
Once planted this near my house wall, never again, it was up the wall and over the neighbours fence in no time, clinging to a telephone wire it then bgan to make it's way onto the roof. I cut it down and dug the roots up, it went eventually, phew!!
I'm sure it can be kept in check but it's not worth the trouble...imo.
Digger, if you like beer you could plant a hop and brew your own using your own hops. The plants grow about 20 or more feet tall, they then die back in the autumn but leave behind the hops and the twining stems which are as sharp as sandpaper. Normally, you would cut these stems down in the winter to make way for new ones to grow the next year but, if you left them on, they would make a wind break for you as they would weave themselves through the chain link.
Try as we might, I don't think we can save Digger45 from himself if he is determined to disappear under a mound of Russian Vine!
But half the neighbourhood will disappear under it too! I understand that the planting of Russian Vine has given rise to many stories, including the mysterious disappearance of the village of Brigadoon, as well as the impenetrable greenery that covered the castle lived in by dear Sleeping Beauty - the services of a handsome prince and a sharp sword will be needed ...............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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@Hilarymac3 - Russian Vine is not self clinging. It is not going to solve your problem with the blue fence as it is not evergreen. An evergreen Jasmine or Ivy would be better. Russian Vine is not the monster others have said: problems arrive when people are lazy and do not care for it and prune it back in winter and spring.
Sounds ok, im trying to find somthing to put on the chain link wast highy fence its about30 meters long over looking fields and hills it would act as a wind brake and get ride of the horrible chain link i have looked at others like conifers wistirea ect but im very new at this i was given a hight raised grow box and food plants to grow and i seem to have gone mad but as a ex soldier with PTSD i cant belive how calming gardening is.
Huh, you won't find gardening calming if you plant a Russian Vine. It will be in your nightmares as well as your garden.
When we moved here the Russian vine was in the eaves of the house and in the top of the mature ash trees at the other end of the garden!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Whatever you do, DO NOT plant this as you will live to regret it! We have been trying to get rid of ours for years but it keeps coming back! It is not called mile a minute for nothing! I even dug up the roots one year and under some paving slabs to get rid of it but it just comes back. We have cut it all back again this year but every year it just comes back...
Try as we might, I don't think we can save Digger45 from himself if he is determined to disappear under a mound of Russian Vine!
Once planted this near my house wall, never again, it was up the wall and over the neighbours fence in no time, clinging to a telephone wire it then bgan to make it's way onto the roof. I cut it down and dug the roots up, it went eventually, phew!!
I'm sure it can be kept in check but it's not worth the trouble...imo.
Digger, if you like beer you could plant a hop and brew your own using your own hops. The plants grow about 20 or more feet tall, they then die back in the autumn but leave behind the hops and the twining stems which are as sharp as sandpaper. Normally, you would cut these stems down in the winter to make way for new ones to grow the next year but, if you left them on, they would make a wind break for you as they would weave themselves through the chain link.
But half the neighbourhood will disappear under it too! I understand that the planting of Russian Vine has given rise to many stories, including the mysterious disappearance of the village of Brigadoon, as well as the impenetrable greenery that covered the castle lived in by dear Sleeping Beauty - the services of a handsome prince and a sharp sword will be needed ...............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
where am l going wrong????? l planted a russian vine two years ago and its only grown a foot! looking at your posts maybe l should count my blessings