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Flowering Vine for my Balcony Lattice
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Posted: May/14/2008 7:18 AM PST
Hello I joined GardenGuides this morning primarily because I need the advice & wisdom of more experienced gardeners & I would love to learn more about balcony gardening. I attempted to upload pics to Norma's Balcony Garden but it didn't work!  Photography is one of my passions and I have TONS of pics on my hard drive and have never had a problem adding pics.What I'd like to know is this: I would like to see a flowering vine grow up the lattice attached floor to ceiling and covers one end wall of my huge 17th floor balcony. My condo faces north-west and the sun doesn't reach my balcony until after 3 PM. Therefore it gets very hot in late afternoon and evening. One year I attempted to grow Sweet Peas. They did not do well. Another year I planted morning glories and they were so pretty, but again didn't flower enough for me. As much as I would love to have a FLOWERING vine grow up my lattice, I would be delighted just to see a beautiful bushy vine growing on my balcony. Can anyone help me please. Thanks so much! Norma |
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Posted: May/15/2008 10:41 AM PST
Climbing nasturtium (edible flowers too!) - annuals, do NOT fertilize or use high-grade soil - they will leaf out too much and not produce flowers well. Clematis - might do well with limited then intense sun, but roots must be covered/kept cool and this is a perennial, so the pot would need to be protected in winter (you wouldn't want to cut vine down each fall and bring inside). Black-eyed susan vine (there may be other names for this one) - don't know if it will be the same problem as morning glory - may not bloom well with limited sun. Good luck, let us know how it goes! Check out FEEDBACK for your pic problems |
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Posted: May/15/2008 11:53 AM PST
 Welcome to GG! I too am new as of the 15th of May. Best wishes to you as you container garden. I agree; clematis are great, esp. Autumn Clematis. This gets very bushy and the fragrance in late summer thru late fall is so sweet and exhilerating. It will cover anything it can get its tendrils on. I love to grow this in my garden. It blooms on new "wood", so in early spring, just cut back to the crown, being careful not to cut the new sprouts. It will take over again quickly. As with all clematis, the roots need to keep cool, so just mulch it or put some rocks in front of the crown. Looking forward to hearing what you end up doing.
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