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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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 Posted - May 05 2011 : 5:56:15 PM
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I'm looking for something I can plant off my porch that does well in heat, long shady afternoons, climbs, and grows in thick and fast.
I'm looking for something to grow along a bed that I can train up some lattice walls to privacy screen in my back porch. Double points if it flowers, triple if it's food bearing!
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
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Posted - May 06 2011 : 04:45:22 AM
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2011 : 3:40:53 PM
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Are all these suggestions perennials? or at least virulent seed droppers? I'd love something that I'll have to start "trimming back" in a year.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
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Posted - May 06 2011 : 9:57:20 PM
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Jen, how about Kiwi fruit or Passionflower vines? They both produce edible fruit and there are some varieties of both that are suited for your area - I believe Tonopah is in Sunset garden zone 12 or 13. Other ideas for flowering vines are Honeysuckle vine, Trumpet vine, Jasmine, Gelsemium and Climbing Hydrangea. Foliage oriented suggestions would be Akebia, Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper. My brother lived in Phoenix for a few years and most of these varieties growing at his apartment complex or in the surrounding neighborhoods where I used to walk during my visits. My mom grew up in Bisbee and we still have relatives in Prescott, Morenci and Hereford. I love visiting Arizona it is such a beautiful state! Have fun with your vine planting project!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2011 : 09:18:27 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions, that's plenty to digest!! Really appreciate you gals taking in a newbie grower like myself :D
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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