Climbing Vine for, Chain link fence.
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Ah yes, a clinging vine. Many vines will cling easily to a chain-link fence either by tendrils or twining stems or petioles.
However, most vines do flower, though some of them have small flowers that are not showy. Why do yo not want flowers? Is it for their appearance or is there another reason?
Do you want an evergreen or deciduous vine? Also where are you located? Do you know your USDA Hardiness Zone? It is easy to look that up. I consider most vines to be fairly low maintenance, though one should expect to prune and groom them at once or twice a year, usually in Spring and/or Fall.
However, most vines do flower, though some of them have small flowers that are not showy. Why do yo not want flowers? Is it for their appearance or is there another reason?
Do you want an evergreen or deciduous vine? Also where are you located? Do you know your USDA Hardiness Zone? It is easy to look that up. I consider most vines to be fairly low maintenance, though one should expect to prune and groom them at once or twice a year, usually in Spring and/or Fall.
Evergreen vines will keep their leaves all year. Deciduous vines will be bare for part of the year, usually Winter.
USDA Zones for eastern Florida vary between Zone 8 in the north to Zone 10 or 11 in the South, bu there are a number vines that will be frost hardy throughout that range. I'll post a map so you can see what I mean.
USDA Zones for eastern Florida vary between Zone 8 in the north to Zone 10 or 11 in the South, bu there are a number vines that will be frost hardy throughout that range. I'll post a map so you can see what I mean.
Morning glories are gorgeous, cheap, aggressive and love to vine.
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Whatever vine you choose, make sure to unstable it and spread the stems in a fan shape on the fence. It's important to have some stems very low and parallel to the ground. These stems will help to keep it full all the way to the bottom. If you don't do this you will end up with a "T"-shaped fence cover. Vines want to grow UP, so they will keep going until there is no more up and then grow sideways, never filling the lower part of the fence.
As for choices:
Trachelospermum - Star Jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum - Pink Jasmine
Hedera helix - English Ivy
Clytostoma callistegioides - Lavender Trumpet Vine
Distictis buccinatoria - Blood-red Trumpet Vine
Wisteria (either sinensis or floribunda) - Wisteria
All except Ivy have showy flowers but only for short periods
As for choices:
Trachelospermum - Star Jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum - Pink Jasmine
Hedera helix - English Ivy
Clytostoma callistegioides - Lavender Trumpet Vine
Distictis buccinatoria - Blood-red Trumpet Vine
Wisteria (either sinensis or floribunda) - Wisteria
All except Ivy have showy flowers but only for short periods
Something that is low maintenance (except from cutting back) is the Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) or the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and they don't flower. However in Autumn they change color to vivid red which is a pretty stunning effect.