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WUVIE wrote:
Hi there,

I adore roses, and think they would just be gorgeous...but isn't the price
going to be a tad high for such a fence? (just trying to save money for you...LOL)

While what I am going to suggest seldom flowers, it is lush green all year
long, will cling to the chain link, form a beautiful fence covering, and can easily
be snipped back into shape or allowed to grow as it will. A nice
evergreen with shiny foliage.

It is very easy to propagate, so a snip can be stuck directly into the ground
and will also root. We have had ours growing since we moved in, and only
when I was in the mood to tidy it up have I had to do anything with it. On
occasion a long strand will get into the way of the gate, but is easily snipped
off with scissors or garden shears.

What am I talking about, you ask?

Euonymous fortunei. Wintercreeper.

Each year I ask myself why I don't plant more of it. :-)
Crisp, clean, I have to ask myself when the last time was I watered it.