Novice question - easy to grow, climbing plant (ideally with fragrant and/or colorful flowers)?
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Anonymous
| Is there a plant / flower that fits this description? Looking for something to ultimately climb and grow along a small, black wrought-iron fence in my backyard. Medium sun in NoVA. Lots of deer so ideally something they don't like. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! |
Anonymous
| Annual or perennial? |
Anonymous
| Native coral honeysuckle. |
Anonymous
| Clematis |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks for suggestions! Should have mentioned earlier -- prefer perennials. Any other ideas? |
Anonymous
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You could try a climbing jasmine plant. I'm in Florida so we have Confederate jasmine - which smells incredible and is very hardy. I just googled and I think Madison jasmine is the one that should do well in your climate.
But if you can search out a native plant, that'd be best! Stop by a local native nursery to ask for recs. |
Anonymous
| I agree with native coral honeysuckle- you will get hummingbirds and pollinators, and the flowers are pretty too! |
Anonymous
| Adding that a native plant supports the pollinators living in your yard, a nice way to support nature! |
Anonymous
| Cross vine. Pretty flowers that attract pollinators and not as rampant as trumpet vines. |
Anonymous
Me three! It's a perennial and our ravenous deer leave it alone. It blooms May-November. Cross vine is nice too, but sends up additional shoots from its roots and spreads horizontally that way, which is great if you're trying to cover a chain link fence like we did. Native honeysuckle is less aggressive than cross vine. |
Anonymous
| Bougainvillea |