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Can anyone recommend a superfast growing climber?

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jingleboo · 27/01/2008 16:48

...for the roof of DS's playhouse, which is not the best colour for the garden, being bright red and plastic! Would prefer an evergreen but whatever really, i have no clue about which plants to buy. Thanks

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snorkle · 27/01/2008 16:51

If you really want speed the Russian vine (also known as the mile-a-minute plant) will do the job very quickly...

it will then proceed to take over the garden if you're not very diligent with hacking pruning it.

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ChippyMinton · 27/01/2008 16:54

The fast ones tend to carry on growing at an alarming rate, so you may want to be patient and choose something a bit less rampant. Just a thought, plants tend to attract bugs and spiders which might colonize the inside of the playhouse
Passion flowers are pretty if you have a sunny spot
clematis
honeysuckle
Or how about covering the roof with a camouflage tarpaulin?

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CarGirl · 27/01/2008 16:54

there are quite a few clematis out there some are evergreen, you need to pop along to a decent garden centre and ask.

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misboo · 27/01/2008 17:17

thank you, they all sound excellent. Maybe i'll just get lots of slower ones and put them all over! Chippyminton i will let DS deal with the bugs, am too pregnant to get in the house so will definitely not be getting stuck in there with them!

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