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Something to cover a pergola that doesn't drop flowers
Kieran Wood
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Hi all, We did have a car port on the side of the house. We used it a lot and it turns out it had benefits of keeping water from pooling on the drive. Then it fell down. We have decided to build a pergola to replace it and grow something up it to make it a little more private. I would love Wisteria but I would hate it getting all over the place when the flowers drop. So does anyone have any advice for non-destructive climbers? Kind regards
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Hi Kieran
I would think that just about anything that flowers will drop petals to some extent when the blooms die back. Some will be worse than others & some will also produce berries which may look pretty but could make a terrible mess - especially if you are planning to park cars underneath.
I would consider one of the clematis montanas for spring flowers, perhaps a jasmine for summer scent if the conditions are right and perhaps some nice ivies for year round interest.
What about a vine? Hopefully you'd pick and eat all the grapes so they wouldn't fall and make a mess.
The flowers are very small and so wouldn't make too much mess when they fall.
If I were you I think I'd look at the Alpina varieties of clematis - they have flowers of course, and lose most of their leaves in the autumn, but in my experience they don't make too much of a mess and aren't too rampant.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You could choose an ornamental vitis, they don't often produce flowers or fruits, and their autmn leaves are beautiful.
What about one of those plastic ivies
In the sticks near Peterborough
Nut!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Was that naughty Dove?
In the sticks near Peterborough
It's a tricky one. All plants shed flowers, leaves, seeds and it shows on hard surfaces more than on soil/grass.
Avoid berries, they stain.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Maybe not Nut, maybe that would suit perfectly .......
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Maybe if it fades it could be resprayed
In the sticks near Peterborough