Pyramid of climbing plants in a container - a spectacular decoration of any balcony, patio or terrace. All that is needed for its construction - large container, solid support and the fast-growing curly flowers.
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For the growth of climbing plants use containers with built-in supports.
In commercially available wire supports for pots of different sizes. Attach a potted support and empty it by climbing plant.
In garden centers you can buy willow baskets, into which are woven high bars. They can be connected together like a teepee. Such design looks attractive even without climbing plants.
Compositions of annuals
Quickest and easiest flowering pyramid can be built from a rapidly growing climbing annuals -tunbergii winged, nasturtium, sweet pea, Ipomoea tricolor and runner bean.
They need to be sowed or planted anew each year, but it pays off a spectacular flowering and rapid growth. In addition, you will have no problems with hibernation of these colors.
If one container to plant several different annuals such as morning glory, Thunberg and kvamoklit, bright blooming pyramid will delight you from spring to autumn. But it requires large container with a lot of water capacity of soil mix for lush growth and flowering of plants.
Magic Match is: clematis and rose
The containers perfectly grow and some perennial creepers. If they are also hardy enough to warm regions they can be left in the garden for the winter. Look great in containers, e.g., planted together climbing roses and Clematis.
Rose shoots wraps support and clematis pulled up, clinging to the lashes rose petioles of their leaves.
Since both have clematis rose and deep root system, they require a sufficiently large containers depth of not less than 50 cm. From time to time, about once every 3-4 years, they should be transplanted. Clematis - quite undemanding plants, but their roots should be placed in cool soil, and shoots the base - in a shady spot.
Tricks of the Trade
The supports for climbing plants can be built independently of the different materials.
Very decorative supports, for example, is easy to make from fresh-cut willow twigs.
For perennial plants such as clematis and climbing roses require strong design. galvanized steel are available from the support in the construction market, which only need to firmly secure in the container. It is a stable support is possible, however, to build from wooden beams. Help strengthen its cross strut. To design is not affected by the rain and strong winds, the container it is best placed against a wall or fence.
Curly annual plants heavy-duty design is required. For them quite suitable light impromptu support - sticks or branches of unusual shapes. Plug them in a container with the ground and tie it to the plant. Of the three bamboo sticks or twigs of hazel, you can quickly build a wigwam or a pyramid: the top string tie them or secure them a decorative tip.
The choice of materials suitable for the manufacture of supports for climbing plants container, truly limitless - it all depends on your imagination.
Their shoots, for example, you can simply attach to each other clothespins. More aesthetically pleasing look are special clips for the plants, which can be bought in the store.
For 30 minutes, you can:
Fill the earth two pots and set them to the plant support.
Plant two climbing plants and tie up their shoots to a support.
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