Beginner Gardening: Let's See Your ARBORS and TRELLISES! Part 2, 0 by vossner

vossner wrote:
not an arbor, not a trellis, just something in between. I orig. planted two honeysuckles, which BTW I have not been able to ID, I think it is a common cultivar. The idea was for the two HS to grow into each other, creating a canopy of sorts. For a few years the tree trunks were green with foliage, but I thought it looked messy. So, one happy day, I removed all the lower leaves to give an illusion that the canopy was floating. As you can see, the left vine thought I was much too harsh and it has struggled. It might even be dead, but I'm not removing yet as it still might leaf out.

I made the mistake of wrapping the oaks w/ chicken wire so that I could guide the vine (that's when I thought I wanted the trunks to be "green"). Now the chicken wire has grown into the bark and I feel so bad for the trees having that ugly wire embedded into it.

It is a lovely place in my garden, you can sit in that swing and smell the HS. ahhhhh. Also, right across the bench, you cannot see it, I have sweet almond verbena which perfumes the air in summer and fall. 'nother ahhhhh.