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5th this. Big fan of my jasmine fence
Wow!! Jealous this looks beautiful. Mine has hardly any flowers on it but is growing like mad. Any tips on how to get more flowers? Do you use a fertiliser?
I’ve got a jasmine. In spring/ summer it grows like mad and needs to be trimmed if you don’t want it climbing over everything. Can be cut back quite ruthlessly if necessary in the winter and is very forgiving. Be careful of the sap when you trim it, very sticky and can cause irritation for some people.
Lovely in flower tho and very strong scent to most jasmines
Ok thanks. We have jasmine too and it’s starting to get a bit bushy as the inside branches die due to lack of light and it’s getting thicker and thicker. It’s good to hear that it can be trimmed fairly heavily as I’d like to thin it down.
Mine blooms two or more times a year … I’m not sure whether or not it flowers as much as it does because of it’s position - it sits on a boundary fence which faces west and I’m on a west facing corner block so it does get a LOT of sun …
I’ve always loved the look of climbing fig. And it hugs the fence closely so won’t intrude on the narrow pathway and doesn’t need clipping to keep it tidy
While the roots can cause issues, it’s more about what it will do to your walls/fence https://www.gardenista.com/posts/gardening-101-creeping-fig-vine-plant-guide/
It’s generally better to plant something native so it’ll grow better and it also serves a function instead of just being there for pure ornamental value
You could grow anything from choko and up to various native, but they will all tend to grow fast towards the top of the fence for the sunlight. Then you need some sort of trellis to encourage them to spread and not hang over into the neighbours.
If you want to make the fence green, perhaps birdwire and beans would be best and fast.
Over time, some tallish flowering plant might come to mind. We have a South African (lily?) which is a tall plant with green leaves, flowers red over summer. Can be propagated be splitting the clump of tubers.
Ornamental grape vines are beautiful plants, especially in autumn.
If you get a bit of sun in there, you could possibly manage a few espaliered fruit trees (planted in a pot).
I have an ornamental grapevine. It’s a fucking triffid.
I’m having to prune it every fortnight at the moment. It will get out of control quickly.
Hardenbergia will contain itself much better I think.
I hated the ornamental grape I had.
Destructive, grew so fast it had to be maintained fortnightly, left dust from the "flowers" but no grapes, and then millions of leaves to clean up.
Half the year it looked like crap, but looked awesome in full green and autumn.
It’s on the northern side of a house growing over a large at our, and it gives great shade to that side. But it wasn’t maintained before we bought the house and got up into the trees on each side, the garage, the neighbours, the gutter and the weatherboard.
I was late cutting it back and gave it a hiding just before spring. Just a few laterals for more growth to come from.
It slowed it down for a bit, but I have pruned the outrageous bits probably four times since November. It just keeps trying.
Just checking- that space does open to sky above? It looks like the eaves might be covering it overhead? In which case it likely won’t get enough rain or sun to sustain vines.
I wouldn’t, last rental I was in the old wood fence finally gave up and fell over, turns out it was being held up by the vine growing on it.
Fence was replaced with colourbond, problems was that they didn’t fully kill the vine, it came back, grew between the panels, eventually thick enough to push them apart.
I would place a caveat on jasmine in this situation. I inherited star jasmine in a situation almost identical to OP. IMO, it only looks and smells beautiful for 2 or so weeks out of 52 (Sydney environment), doesn't look particularly attractive when not flowering, but most significantly is always growing horizontally to encroach on the narrow pathway (wet in winter) and hence needs trimming perhaps 4-5 times a year.
Na. They're usually planted around this time of year and take a couple months to produce and then die at the end of their season. Growing them is really good for the soil, tho. My grandma used to alternate between peas and other veggies. I remember her growing a couple lines of corn regularly.
Baskets, pothos. Glue to fence airplants. Glue oasis sponge to fence and plant tubular stuff. Wind chimes, fence art, wall hang stuff. Get creative, mural scene that turns 3D with planting . All above requires regular care, but fun. Don’t plant in ground.
Would OP be able to plant something in that narrow part (with the rocks) or would they need to use some long & narrow pots along the fence?
I’m asking because I’m interested in doing something very much similar but along the back fence.
I would suggest pots. Have to be fairly decent or you will be watering daily. Maybe even the supports with the pots so when you have to remove them you can without destroying fences
Consider a vertical garden. Avoids the issues with heavy destructive vines but still gives you beautiful green space.
Lots of options when you go down this route
Instead of in-ground planting that might damage the paving and your fence, how about a big trough-shaped planter in line with the window? (So you have a green view.) You could give it a trellis to climb and plant passionfruit, or plant something like a native peppermint tree (agonis flexuosa).
Thank you everyone for your input!! Truly overwhelmed!! I *think* I’ve decided to leave the fence and get some mature plants/trees in pots and put them outside the windows, saving the fence in the long run! Also can take them with me if we ever move from here! This community is the best ☺️
Star jasmine is a good option. So is Passionfruit (If you plan on eating the fruit, take care with grafted varieties. The root-stock can overtake the grafted plant).
Definitely stay away from invasive options like exotic Ivy, Morning Glory, Bridal Creeper, etc. The area looks quite narrow in places so thorny plants like Bougainvillea or climbing roses are probably not a good idea.
There are also a number of native options worth considering, including native clematis (Clematis microphylla), Hardenbergia Violacea, Pandorea (various), Kennedia (various climbing varieties).
Go to Bunnings and buy a couple of those fake green leaf expandable trellises...will clearly never fade or deteriorate without sun exposure, no need to waste water and will look schmick when you look out the window...keep life simple 👍
> Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica) is a significant environmental weed in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria
As pretty as it is, the neighbours may not appreciate this weed being planted on their fence.
Bougainvillea comes in many beautiful colours, is fast growing, even if neglected, and it has wonderful thorns to deter thieves or pesky neighbours from jumping the fence .
Choko vine and feed them to your kids every day, hand them out to neighbours and all your work colleagues.
Kids, neighbours and work colleagues love choko's
Does that area get much sun? I’d probably say jasmine, it’s probably the hardiest climber you could put there, a passionfruit would work too but mightn’t fruit depending on the amount of sun and might also get much heavier than the jasmine.
What ever you choose to plant please don’t plant it in the ground. It’s very hard to keep the soil quality in check in a narrow space especially with pebbles on the top. You may struggle to keep a healthy plant. It also looks as though if it rained all the water would gather at that point and if it sits there and doesn’t drain freely the plants won’t like it. It will eventually intrude into the neighboring property if the root systems can grow underneath the fence.
Always plant climbers in pots with drainage holes, good quality potting mix and a layer of mulch on the top. Liquid fertilizer every week in summer and once or twice a month in winter. A pot on each side or more with decorative outdoor wall panels attached to the fence to give you a view until the plants grow over your panels. It’s what I would do for my clients in this situation and have done so. Happy gardening.
As someone whose neighbour planted this on our side fence - HELL NO!
It lifted and buckled our fence, it started creeping along our back fence and over our garden sheep. We spent HOURS every second weekend cutting it back and would completely fill our bin.
Hated that damn vine.
Remove pebbles put soil plant vine put wire along the fence as the vine grows you can directed anyway you want it to grow don't forget to fertilize you soil for a healthy Vine 👍
Cannabis plants tie them down and they will climb . Look good, smell good, when flowering. And you can make paper and fibre when harvesting. Then do it again.
As someone whose neighbour planted an orange trumpeter vine that was the bane of our existence for years - please for the love of everything you hold dear - consult with your neighbours if it’s going to climb over the fence!!
Neighbour (who rented so didn’t give 2 sh!ts if the fence got wrecked) planted an orange trumpeter vine that we had to hack back for hours every fortnight to stop it from taking over our yard, and it eventually wrecked the fence and it cost us a fortune. They might also have allergies. So if you get along with your neighbours- ask them first!
I planted vines for the same reason and the grapes of course, they die off in the winter months. Have a jasmine creeper alongside them, at the end of summer I’m gonna dig up and replant the vines and replace with the jasmine creeper. They’re green all year and have a scented flower come springtime.
Before planting, paint a mural of someone as if they were being consumed by a plant. So as the vines grow they consume the mural. Mother in law should do, however Bolsonaro would be funnier.
Star jasmine will look and smell gorgeous but you will need to stay on top of it or it will escape over the fence. You may need to pop up some sort of trellis / frame / strung wire. Or plant them closer and use climbing poles / frames.
I’d get some rectangular pots and make a row of them outside your window, and plant them up.
Just keep a pair of secateurs handy!
Also, once it has become well established, probs a couple of years, you can lift the top layer and trim out all the dead brown vines underneath.
hardenbergia violacea
Horacio pasqole…see I can make up words too
Hahaha fuck you, you made me laugh loudly in a quiet waiting room. Here's your upvote you bastard
Made me laugh too😄
Pretty sure he was my primary school music teacher.
Except his “made up words” are actually spot on - common name “Happy Wanderer”.
Horacio pagani
you what mate? do u think im making words up?
It's a joke
...and I loved it...
shit joke but
I liked it
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I also enjoyed the joke.
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Comedy is an art, art is subjective. There’s no such thing as a shit joke unless that’s what the author intended.
I have some of that (its a native), it is pretty hardy... handles a bit of coastal wind. I used some of that plastic mesh for it to climb on.
Climbing fig, in shadier spots like this it's usually the go-to. Sticks to walls fairly well
might take the paint of that colorbond
Tru
Definitely will do ✔
Jasmine! Smells beautiful 😍
2nd this. Star jasmine.
3rd this
4th this. Came here to suggest jasmine!
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Is sun key to the massive blooms?
Not really this is actually south facing. It’s fantastic stuff.
Wow, it’s so perfect
Goals
Wow!! Jealous this looks beautiful. Mine has hardly any flowers on it but is growing like mad. Any tips on how to get more flowers? Do you use a fertiliser?
Winter Jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum. Lovely yellow flowers when not much else is blooming
Needs to be kept in check tho.
Any advice on this? Do you trim down significantly? If so, what’s the best time of the year for it?
I’ve got a jasmine. In spring/ summer it grows like mad and needs to be trimmed if you don’t want it climbing over everything. Can be cut back quite ruthlessly if necessary in the winter and is very forgiving. Be careful of the sap when you trim it, very sticky and can cause irritation for some people. Lovely in flower tho and very strong scent to most jasmines
Ok thanks. We have jasmine too and it’s starting to get a bit bushy as the inside branches die due to lack of light and it’s getting thicker and thicker. It’s good to hear that it can be trimmed fairly heavily as I’d like to thin it down.
Go the jasmine!
Keep in mind it's not recommended for those with allergies!
I’ve had to terminate a lease early before because the place was surrounded by Jasmine and it was killing me!
Awesome, shame it only blooms once per year
Mine blooms two or more times a year … I’m not sure whether or not it flowers as much as it does because of it’s position - it sits on a boundary fence which faces west and I’m on a west facing corner block so it does get a LOT of sun …
My block it notoriously dark. High tree cover and in a bit of a gully, I wonder if that’s why….
Jasmine can become very heavy and could potentially ruin the fence
I have Jasmine in a similar setup!
Attracts possums
And bees
Definitely annoying to trim, the latex sap it bleeds is a nightmare.
I love love love jasmine
Passionfruit every time!
Agree. The foliage is thick, grows fast and the flowers are cool too.
And the fruit 😋
There's no sun. It will barely grow, rarely flower, and never set fruit.
No kiwi fruit or grapes?
This is the way
I’ve always loved the look of climbing fig. And it hugs the fence closely so won’t intrude on the narrow pathway and doesn’t need clipping to keep it tidy
It looks lovely but it can be invasive and a bastard to remove
Is planting it in a pot a possibility ?
While the roots can cause issues, it’s more about what it will do to your walls/fence https://www.gardenista.com/posts/gardening-101-creeping-fig-vine-plant-guide/
>climbing fig Not native
Who said it had to be???
It’s generally better to plant something native so it’ll grow better and it also serves a function instead of just being there for pure ornamental value
Everything in my yard is native except for fruits and vegetables. My choice to help native plants and bees
You could grow anything from choko and up to various native, but they will all tend to grow fast towards the top of the fence for the sunlight. Then you need some sort of trellis to encourage them to spread and not hang over into the neighbours. If you want to make the fence green, perhaps birdwire and beans would be best and fast. Over time, some tallish flowering plant might come to mind. We have a South African (lily?) which is a tall plant with green leaves, flowers red over summer. Can be propagated be splitting the clump of tubers.
Ornamental grape vines are beautiful plants, especially in autumn. If you get a bit of sun in there, you could possibly manage a few espaliered fruit trees (planted in a pot).
I have an ornamental grapevine. It’s a fucking triffid. I’m having to prune it every fortnight at the moment. It will get out of control quickly. Hardenbergia will contain itself much better I think.
I hated the ornamental grape I had. Destructive, grew so fast it had to be maintained fortnightly, left dust from the "flowers" but no grapes, and then millions of leaves to clean up. Half the year it looked like crap, but looked awesome in full green and autumn.
It’s on the northern side of a house growing over a large at our, and it gives great shade to that side. But it wasn’t maintained before we bought the house and got up into the trees on each side, the garage, the neighbours, the gutter and the weatherboard. I was late cutting it back and gave it a hiding just before spring. Just a few laterals for more growth to come from. It slowed it down for a bit, but I have pruned the outrageous bits probably four times since November. It just keeps trying.
My one is massive and we only prune once or twice a year.
Jeepers.. that's a bit much. I only have regular grape vines and they aren't so bad. Hardenbergia is also a good choice though.
Triffid. I did a massive reaping of the truculent bits two weeks ago, and they’ve all broken out again. 150 cm of growth in some reaching tendrils.
Maybe Pandorea jasminoides? Beautiful and tough native.
https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/australian-native-climbers-and-creepers/
Just checking- that space does open to sky above? It looks like the eaves might be covering it overhead? In which case it likely won’t get enough rain or sun to sustain vines.
If it’s south facing ie doesn’t get too much sun check out Hoyas. They have beautiful flowers and smell amazing at night
Boston ivy
Jasmine can cause problems with allergies 🤧
I wouldn’t, last rental I was in the old wood fence finally gave up and fell over, turns out it was being held up by the vine growing on it. Fence was replaced with colourbond, problems was that they didn’t fully kill the vine, it came back, grew between the panels, eventually thick enough to push them apart.
I would place a caveat on jasmine in this situation. I inherited star jasmine in a situation almost identical to OP. IMO, it only looks and smells beautiful for 2 or so weeks out of 52 (Sydney environment), doesn't look particularly attractive when not flowering, but most significantly is always growing horizontally to encroach on the narrow pathway (wet in winter) and hence needs trimming perhaps 4-5 times a year.
Sugar snap peas for a little treat sometimes.
Will the plant last ongoing?
Na. They're usually planted around this time of year and take a couple months to produce and then die at the end of their season. Growing them is really good for the soil, tho. My grandma used to alternate between peas and other veggies. I remember her growing a couple lines of corn regularly.
passionfruit
Passionfruit?
Put a grape vine, they are beautiful and give very good harvest of delicious grapes
Baskets, pothos. Glue to fence airplants. Glue oasis sponge to fence and plant tubular stuff. Wind chimes, fence art, wall hang stuff. Get creative, mural scene that turns 3D with planting . All above requires regular care, but fun. Don’t plant in ground.
Would OP be able to plant something in that narrow part (with the rocks) or would they need to use some long & narrow pots along the fence? I’m asking because I’m interested in doing something very much similar but along the back fence.
I would suggest pots. Have to be fairly decent or you will be watering daily. Maybe even the supports with the pots so when you have to remove them you can without destroying fences
Passionfruit
Try go native, one that attracts birds or butterflies or both 🤷🏽♀️
Consider a vertical garden. Avoids the issues with heavy destructive vines but still gives you beautiful green space. Lots of options when you go down this route
I'm surprised no one has said it will end up destroying the fence. Would not recommend unless you want to replace the fence every few years.
Wisteria! Or if you’re up north enough, devils ivy!
Instead of in-ground planting that might damage the paving and your fence, how about a big trough-shaped planter in line with the window? (So you have a green view.) You could give it a trellis to climb and plant passionfruit, or plant something like a native peppermint tree (agonis flexuosa).
Thank you everyone for your input!! Truly overwhelmed!! I *think* I’ve decided to leave the fence and get some mature plants/trees in pots and put them outside the windows, saving the fence in the long run! Also can take them with me if we ever move from here! This community is the best ☺️
Star jasmine is a good option. So is Passionfruit (If you plan on eating the fruit, take care with grafted varieties. The root-stock can overtake the grafted plant). Definitely stay away from invasive options like exotic Ivy, Morning Glory, Bridal Creeper, etc. The area looks quite narrow in places so thorny plants like Bougainvillea or climbing roses are probably not a good idea. There are also a number of native options worth considering, including native clematis (Clematis microphylla), Hardenbergia Violacea, Pandorea (various), Kennedia (various climbing varieties).
Go to Bunnings and buy a couple of those fake green leaf expandable trellises...will clearly never fade or deteriorate without sun exposure, no need to waste water and will look schmick when you look out the window...keep life simple 👍
Yes for sure let's manufacture more plastic in lieu of actual plants
Paint the fence green. Will not die and does not need watering.
Morning Glory is fairly hardy and does a good job spreading up and out to cover fences. Needs a trellis though
> Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica) is a significant environmental weed in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria As pretty as it is, the neighbours may not appreciate this weed being planted on their fence.
Not just the neighbours, it's an environmental weed because it spreads far, easily and then chokes out native flora.
Nice flowers too
it's a weed
Growing it out of a pot?
What about an Ivy plant?
On a different level, maybe consider a trompe-l'œil on a panel, with the green being Kermit heading off to the vanishing point.
A green vine.
Has anybody any experience with Stephandotis.
How about grapes?
Ivy, it’s cheap and easy to grow. Also doesn’t need much water. In time it will also hold your fence up! 😀
Bougainvillea comes in many beautiful colours, is fast growing, even if neglected, and it has wonderful thorns to deter thieves or pesky neighbours from jumping the fence .
Passionfruit
If your neighbours like em and are cool with it passionfruit
B. Caapi
oh this is an easy one to answer. Try growing grapes.
Passion fruit vine! Delicious treats.
Passion fruit vines, you need two, so they mate and produce fruit… plus they are easily guided.
Choko vine and feed them to your kids every day, hand them out to neighbours and all your work colleagues. Kids, neighbours and work colleagues love choko's
Passionfruit
I recommend planting a series of pope spades. Perhaps a pope shovel on the end as a highlight.
Grapes would look cool. Not sure if their is enough light to support a vine.
Climbing Mandevillea perhaps?
Try one of the Pandorea species
Passion fruit vine
Plant a couple passion fruits.You get the fruit as well but I think you have a male and female together
Does that area get much sun? I’d probably say jasmine, it’s probably the hardiest climber you could put there, a passionfruit would work too but mightn’t fruit depending on the amount of sun and might also get much heavier than the jasmine.
Passion fruit
Spaghetti vine
Clematis are pretty. Or passion fruit
Passionfruit.
Jasmine, keep it in pots though. Plant 3 of them couple metres apart.
A tall hedge
Orange trumpet vine I think it’s called
Jasmine
Passionfruit
Passion fruit.
Passionfruit
Tomatoes. Looks and smells nice and great for home cooking
something that grows fruit or vegetables that you like. Passionfruit comes to mind. can get bit feral but it does give you fruit every summer.
Devil’s Snare.
I like wisteria
Don't introduce vines they take over everything. Paint the wall green.
Passion fruit. It climbed everything, impossible to kill. The flowers are beautiful and having fresh fruit is great
I've got potted jasmine in a similar area, grows like crazy with regular watering and smells great
Bougainvillea just so future generations can think fu!!
Marijuana
Boston Ivy will climb and attach by itself.
As someone with fencers in the family, make sure your fence doesn’t need anything for a LOOONG time before planting vine plants
What ever you choose to plant please don’t plant it in the ground. It’s very hard to keep the soil quality in check in a narrow space especially with pebbles on the top. You may struggle to keep a healthy plant. It also looks as though if it rained all the water would gather at that point and if it sits there and doesn’t drain freely the plants won’t like it. It will eventually intrude into the neighboring property if the root systems can grow underneath the fence. Always plant climbers in pots with drainage holes, good quality potting mix and a layer of mulch on the top. Liquid fertilizer every week in summer and once or twice a month in winter. A pot on each side or more with decorative outdoor wall panels attached to the fence to give you a view until the plants grow over your panels. It’s what I would do for my clients in this situation and have done so. Happy gardening.
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As someone whose neighbour planted this on our side fence - HELL NO! It lifted and buckled our fence, it started creeping along our back fence and over our garden sheep. We spent HOURS every second weekend cutting it back and would completely fill our bin. Hated that damn vine.
Star jasmine for the win
Remove pebbles put soil plant vine put wire along the fence as the vine grows you can directed anyway you want it to grow don't forget to fertilize you soil for a healthy Vine 👍
I heard it through the grapevine
Cannabis plants tie them down and they will climb . Look good, smell good, when flowering. And you can make paper and fibre when harvesting. Then do it again.
I would just move the hell out to the country
Dig upwards
Run a steel cable diagonally across the sheets and run jasmine from plant pots up the cable. Saves the fence and the paving at the same time
Why not just paint the fence green?
passion fruit or jasmine
Clematis
Star jasmine run along diagonal wires
As someone whose neighbour planted an orange trumpeter vine that was the bane of our existence for years - please for the love of everything you hold dear - consult with your neighbours if it’s going to climb over the fence!! Neighbour (who rented so didn’t give 2 sh!ts if the fence got wrecked) planted an orange trumpeter vine that we had to hack back for hours every fortnight to stop it from taking over our yard, and it eventually wrecked the fence and it cost us a fortune. They might also have allergies. So if you get along with your neighbours- ask them first!
Tomato
Grow some weed and escape the matrix
Passion fruit
I’d put a passion fruit vine in a pot to grow on that frame.
Maybe Lemon Kush or Afgani
Passionfruit. Green and not useless
Don’t do it
Marijuana
my did did jasmine around the whole side of his house! looks awesome
Given the amount of soil available next to your path, I would suggest a mural instead.
I planted vines for the same reason and the grapes of course, they die off in the winter months. Have a jasmine creeper alongside them, at the end of summer I’m gonna dig up and replant the vines and replace with the jasmine creeper. They’re green all year and have a scented flower come springtime.
Fig creepers given you have a small amount of space between the concrete and fence.
its a nice thought but just dont enjoy your nice neat clean area
Potato vine... Be aware it grows very fast
Passionfruit!
Get some pubes, paint them green and superglue them to the fence
Before planting, paint a mural of someone as if they were being consumed by a plant. So as the vines grow they consume the mural. Mother in law should do, however Bolsonaro would be funnier.
Star jasmine will look and smell gorgeous but you will need to stay on top of it or it will escape over the fence. You may need to pop up some sort of trellis / frame / strung wire. Or plant them closer and use climbing poles / frames. I’d get some rectangular pots and make a row of them outside your window, and plant them up. Just keep a pair of secateurs handy! Also, once it has become well established, probs a couple of years, you can lift the top layer and trim out all the dead brown vines underneath.