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sawpalm
Winston Salem, NC
April 8, 2008
9:37 AM Post #4775421
| I'm looking for a trellis for annual vines, such as moonflowers and morning glories (planted together) to go up the side of my house, at least 8 feet. Any suggestions and sources? Thanks. |
decorator1101
Sayville, NY
April 9, 2008
11:08 AM Post #4781345
| Hi there,
check out [HYPERLINK@www.simplyarbors.com] I just looked too because I planted a climbing hydrangea in my from yard but I don't want it to climb on my vinyl siding. Hope this helps! |
sawpalm
Winston Salem, NC
April 11, 2008
11:34 PM Post #4795820
| Thanks...good suggestion. I have looked there and have just found one I like at plow and hearth. I think their website is [HYPERLINK@www.plowandhearth.com] I'm hoping to try it with some vines until my climbing roses are big enough to grow up the trellis. |
ElliesHeart
Cortlandt Manor, NY
(Zone 6b)
April 15, 2008
8:36 AM Post #4811635
| When I needed a way to add more plants to my tiny garden I started looking at trellises. I found them all really boring - the same old same old - so I thought 'outside the box' and cruised ebay for ideas.
I love old wrought iron and discovered a treasure trove of it in the architecture section of ebay. Not many people have this quirky passion for wrought iron so I was able to win auctions easily at rediculously low prices. shipping such heavy items can be costly so I limited my search options to within 50 miles of my home so I could pick up.
I hung art deco bannister posts on my fences, created teepees by propping two similar pieces against each other, etc.
P.S. I now have a puppy who is a relentless digger so I used some of my grate-like pieces to deter her. Simply by laying the grate (or any of the other pieces laid around a plant) on the ground in early spring, my bulbs and perennials grew through the openings and my pup was unable to get at them.
These trellises have lasted for years and haven't suffered from snowy winters. |
sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
May 13, 2008
4:21 PM Post #4946396
| Do you have photos that you can share? I am looking for a iron gate for the deck and did not think of buying one on ebay.
I am also looking for some arbors or trellis ideas. When they put in the deck we got some of the left over wood. I am looking for some ideas for an stand alone trellis for a clematis vine. |
robcorreia
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10b)
May 13, 2008
4:50 PM Post #4946483
| I would love to see some pics too! |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
May 14, 2008
9:43 PM Post #4952515
| I have obelisks in my garden and love them.
Here is the link to the ones I bought. I will also post a pic of mine.
[HYPERLINK@www.plowhearth.com]
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mauryhillfarm
Vashon, WA
(Zone 8b)
June 11, 2008
10:29 PM Post #5090622
| Here is a pic of our plumbing pipe arbor and trellis, soldered together by my DH. 
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robcorreia
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10b)
June 12, 2008
12:55 PM Post #5093109
| Wow, pretty cool! |
HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 25, 2008
11:49 PM Post #5320954
| Here is a picture of some trellises that Ric made. We picked up some inexpensive metal trellises. He boxed them out with wood edging which made them taller and stronger and then added a touch of stained glass. Also on the wood post you can see the trellis that he added to it. Just vertical strips of wood mounted on a couple of cross pieces and screwed to the post. This bed is for my Clematis 
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HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 25, 2008
11:59 PM Post #5321006
| In this view you can see (just barely) the trellises on the house. We took the same inexpensive trellises, just a different pattern and cut off the ground stakes. Then mounted them directly onto the wall on either side of the window boxes. Much like window shutters. We left a gap behind them for the morning glories (which are planted in the window boxes) to twine through. We will add some stained glass to these as well later.
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robcorreia
San Diego, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 26, 2008
12:22 AM Post #5321076
| You are so lucky, wow! i loove it, so art deco! |
sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2008
7:28 AM Post #5321719
| I like your trellises. The window trellis idea is cute. |
HollyAnnS
Dover, PA
(Zone 6b)
July 26, 2008
10:17 AM Post #5322240
| Thank you so much, The Blue Egg is a water feature, it is a bubbler. Those rocks laying around in the yard to the right are part of a new stone wall that is being worked on. Here are the window trellises at work, this is the first year trying them so we will see how they look. Last year I tried growing the MG in these boxes but didn't have trellises, just hung some cotton twine over the window. 
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sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2008
11:06 AM Post #5322427
| We did something similar with the fence line we put up for our MG. We installed metal fence posts with fenceing on it and moved them around for a couple of years until we decided where they worked for us and then put in wooden posts with metal fencing. The intent was to find a place that sheilded the patio from the our neighbor's view. The fence is planted with Grandpa Otto's, Heavenly Blue, and Moonfloowers. This year we added somthing called celestial mix from Burpee's. IT has a really cool looking white MG with a lavendar star on it.
Here's a photo of the fence this year
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sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2008
11:10 AM Post #5322446
| Here's photo of it last year when the moonflowers were in bloom. The MGs got a little bigger than we thought they would last year. 
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2vernes
Blytheville, AR
(Zone 7a)
July 26, 2008
11:33 AM Post #5322528
| Wow---bet you have the best smelling yard in the area. That gardenia growing in the pot and the luscious moonvine has got to be yummy smelling. Laverne |
sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2008
2:45 PM Post #5323207
| The yard has it's moments. The moonflowers open in the evening about the time the other MG close. So we have blooms either open or in the process of opening or closeing all day. The spinx moths really like the moon flowers. The pot has a mandeville vine in it. This is the first year we've tried one and it has been doing really well. Seems to like hot weather and lots of sun. |
2vernes
Blytheville, AR
(Zone 7a)
July 26, 2008
2:54 PM Post #5323243
| Oops, that mandevilla vine faked me out. Now that I look at it better I can see what it is. Too bad, wouldn't the gardenia smell good. |
sjwarren
Shawnee Mission, KS
(Zone 5b)
July 26, 2008
3:10 PM Post #5323351
| Yes the gardenia would smell good. THe neighbors that just moved hard one at their front door. We could smell it all the way into our yard. It was very nice. |
