Decorate the plot with the help of green twisted plantations is not so difficult, but the effect will be stunning. Beautiful shady pergolas or hedges will attract attention and create a cosiness on the garden plot. There are several options for planting climbing plants for cottages. You can also pick up annual crops or plant perennials. Consider several names of climbing plants and places where they are better to grow.
Perennial climbing plants
Perennial creepers can gradually transform your site year after year and make it look like paradise gardens. With annuals this will not work, although among them there are very beautiful plants. Climbing plants for a dacha will require some preparation from you. To begin with, it is necessary to choose the right place for each species and build a support. If for annuals there is enough grid for climbing plants, then perennials need more serious construction.
You can use tension wire or steel ropes. For a country style site, use rails. Plug-in laths allow the antennae of the plants to easily hold on and to roll. It is very simple to make a support in the form of a lattice. On the hooks hang the reinforcing mesh and then next planting perennials. Whichever way you choose, the distance between the house and the vertical garden should be at least 2.5 meters.
Now consider some of the most popular perennial climbing plants for cottages.
- actinidium. This is in some way a compromise of nature between beauty and benefit. Her berries taste like gooseberry. This tree lily can grow to 15 m. This plant needs a serious and strong support. A feature of actinidia is its ability to change the color of the leaves several times a season;
- wisteria. Prefers southern regions and does not tolerate frosts. But with proper care, pleases the waterfall of flowers of various shades;
- clematis. Beautifully flowering liana, which has been popular with gardeners for many years. Hybrids and various species during blossom delight in a variety of shades and forms of flowers.
Crocheted plants for gazebo
Most often for this kind of vertical landscaping use ivy. The plant is rather unpretentious and adapts to different conditions. Ivy will grow in a shady place, and on the sunny side. It refers to perennial climbing plants, and some of its species can exist for about ten years.
A wild or girlish grapes are perfect for decorating a gazebo. It is fast growing and unpretentious, therefore it is very popular among gardeners. It is enough to water it only the first year after landing, and in the future he will not need to leave. The composition of the soil can be anything, and the sunshine of the terrain is also not at all important for this plant. Especially beautiful looks arbor in the autumn, when the leaves of the grapes acquire a purple rich color.
To cover an extensive vertical surface in a short time, you can use the mountaineer thickets. These climbing plants for the gazebo create a very dense veil of foliage. Ideal conditions for him will be fertile soil and partial shade.
Climbing plants for hedges
To create a fence of plants suitable already familiar to me ivy and girlish grapes. In addition, they often plant honeysuckle. The plant is unpretentious and sensitive only to the drying of the soil.
The easiest way to quickly grow a living fence of any height is to plant hops. In a short time, it gives a large mass of leaves. In the autumn period, it is first covered with cones, and then the shoots begin to die. If you have clay or sandy soil on the site, then hops will grow there perfectly.