{"id":434,"date":"2007-03-29T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/03\/29\/q-a-vines-for-cover\/"},"modified":"2010-10-03T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T02:20:20","slug":"q-a-vines-for-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/03\/29\/q-a-vines-for-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Q &#038; A &#8211; Vines for cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p> I had a question from a reader that is similar to my own situation.<\/p>\n<p>The reader stated that they have a five foot chain link fence and they&#8217;d like to cover it with annual and perennial plants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>She was particular interested in finding a perennial vine that wouldn&#8217;t crowd the annuals, and one that would also provide enough ground cover so that she wouldn&#8217;t have to clean up after the annuals were finished blooming.<\/p>\n<p>This is a tricky situation as many climbing vines, particularly Morning Glory which she had been growing are very vigorous.   What she really needs is a vine that isn&#8217;t over vigorous, but that grows steadily so that by the end of the season it will have filled in the areas taken up by annuals such as Sweet Pea vine.<\/p>\n<p>Lonicera sempervirens, Evergreen Honeysuckle, or Polygonum aubertii, silver lace vine are both vigorous vines that do not take over a garden bed.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>I grow annual morning glory.  I don&#8217;t mean to grow it anymore but it seeded itself so well the first two years that I grew it that it keeps finding it&#8217;s way back to my back garden bed.   At this point I&#8217;m of the opinion that morning glory should only be grown in areas where it is either on it&#8217;s own, or where you can easily prevent it from spreading and taking over the garden.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve switched to Honeysuckle (dropmore scarlet) , and two types of white clematis where I used to grow Morning Glory vine. However, as I&#8217;ve mentioned, I still have to pull out new morning glory seedlings on a regular basis otherwise they&#8217;ll strangle my clematis!<\/p>\n<p>When you are seeking to cover a troublesome area, do your homework.  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