Morning Glories: Anyone use teepee trellis for their MG's?, 0 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Fish_knees & Queen

Yep...makes no sense to buy expensive ones. I found out that wooden ones and the hollow tube metal ones rot or rust and fall apart within a couple of years due to yard sprinklers and the south Texas 100+ temperatures. The ornate heavy metal ones look pretty but they do get covered up :o) Can't see spending $100 for one of those when I can make several with galvanized steel livestock fence panels.

Here's another photo of the 'staircase' trellis from back in June - just when the vines were starting to cover it. Will try to remember to get a recent photo - the vines have gone crazy :o)

Ah...you can also see a small triangular obelisk trellis - I stuck that around a climbing rose bush to try to contain it. Needless to say, when I get off my duff and post an updated photo you will see that the giant snail vine, allamanda and thunbergia have obliterated the rose bush :o)

~ Cat

ps...Queen...you can't go wrong with the livestock fence panels. They are lightweight yet so durable and extremely versatile! If you can weld or have someone who can weld them into shapes for you - you can let your imagination run wild! I still have many trellis ideas I've yet to try :o)