Using Garden Vines To Decorate Your Garden

A great way to decorate your garden is the use of garden vines. They are very low maintenance and look good on almost anything.

If you’ve got a fence or separator that really stands out in the field of green that is your garden, then growing garden vines over it can be a quick and aesthetically pleasing solution.

However, there are many types of garden vines for different situations, whether you are trying to grow it up the side of a house, along the ground, or up a tree.

Different types of garden vines

Many different ground garden vines are available. These types grow fast and strong, and just inch their ways along the ground. They are very easy to direct, so they can make a border around your garden, or just weave in and out of the plants.

IT is suggested to use these as a hardy ground cover if you just want some green on your dirt or mulch. Usually you can find a variety of garden vines that is resistant to being stepped on. It’s like a leafy, nice alternative to grass. Even if you have kids and a dog, it should have no problems staying alive.

Another type of garden vines that is available is a “twining” vine. This refers to their method of climbing. Twining garden vines require a lattice or equally porous surface to climb up, since they are not sticky at all.

They just climb by sending out small tendrils to loop around whatever is nearby. It is suggested to use this type of garden vines for climbing up trees, or any type of mesh. Usually you have to guide them a lot more during their early stages, and after that they will go wherever you want them to.

Garden Vines not only look good on the ground or on lattices, you can blend them in to the very architecture of your house. This is usually achieved through the use of garden vines with small tendrils that have adhesive tips.

They extend from the vine and attach themselves to almost any surface. If your garden is adjacent to your house and you want something to camouflage the big unsightly wall, it’s a great idea to start out a few garden vines near the base.

If you have garden vines like the Virginia creeper growing, then your entire wall will be covered in a matter of months. However you might have seen situations where the vine go out of control. After that, you have no choice but to watch the vine take over your entire house.

One of the garden vines that you would probably recognize is Ivy. You see it around a lot, generally because it is so adaptable. Out of the types mentioned above (ground, twining, and sticky pads), Ivy can fill in for pretty much anything.

It makes a great ground cover, and will grow up about any surface you put it on. Although vines grow very quick and strong, it is not suggested to grow it up on your house. This is because recently, buildings which have had ivy for many years have found that it has been deteriorating the building.

So no matter what you want to do with garden vines, you should have no problem getting it to grow. You should always do your research beforehand and find out about any negative qualities the vine has (such as its ability to destroy buildings, in Ivy’s case.)

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