can you suggest a hardy climber?
October 20, 2014 12:01 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for something like ivy or wisteria than can survive in harsh heat and sunlight.
Best answer: Bougainvillea! Once it's established it basically looks better the worse you treat it. Can definitely handle a lot of heat and sunlight.
posted by BlahLaLa at 12:20 PM on October 20, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by BlahLaLa at 12:20 PM on October 20, 2014 [2 favorites]
Jasmine grows pretty darn well here in Florida. Bougainvillea is great but also has big-ass thorns.
posted by gnutron at 12:44 PM on October 20, 2014
posted by gnutron at 12:44 PM on October 20, 2014
Silverlace vine is pretty much unkillable.
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:48 PM on October 20, 2014
posted by bonobothegreat at 12:48 PM on October 20, 2014
Can you get Mexican trumpet vine where you are? That stuff is crazy hardy, grows like a weed over everything, and has beautiful, large, orange blooms that attracts bees, butterflies, and birds. We have some that was cut down to the ground three years ago and has returned, grown up over a 6 foot fence and bloomed (it is considered an invasive species by some). We live in the desert and don't water the stuff except incidentally (by watering the pots around where it grows).
Aside from that, I like bonobo's silverlace idea.
posted by GoLikeHellMachine at 2:11 PM on October 20, 2014
Aside from that, I like bonobo's silverlace idea.
posted by GoLikeHellMachine at 2:11 PM on October 20, 2014
Jasmine grows like crazy with zero water from May through October for us here in California; in fact I'm having a major battle with it this week to get light back into our downstairs room. As gnutron says, bougainvillea is seriously spiky, too nasty for me.
posted by anadem at 3:32 PM on October 20, 2014
posted by anadem at 3:32 PM on October 20, 2014
I grew up in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and I can attest that Bouganvillea grows beautifully there.
posted by mckenney at 7:16 AM on October 21, 2014
posted by mckenney at 7:16 AM on October 21, 2014
I had some hops growing in my last garden. They covered the whole back of the garage in full sunlight. Plus, you can make beer with them.
posted by trbrts at 8:22 AM on October 21, 2014
posted by trbrts at 8:22 AM on October 21, 2014
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posted by humboldt32 at 12:03 PM on October 20, 2014