Morning Glories: Anyone use teepee trellis for their MG's?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Has anyone thought of using 15mm copper tubing? We made a pergola from it, with the 8mm hollow tube for the curly bits, but one can be inventive on any type of shapes with this. The 15mm can be bought quite cheaply, it was nearly 4 years ago now, but we mostly pay more for our stuff than you do. The 15mm was £17.95 for 10 x 3m lengths, (approx. £31.50), the 8mm was a bit more expensive but that doesn't relally need to be used, or use less of it.
I have gone mad on buying MG seed this year, had some i. purpurea up the pergola legs last year but not many. I am going to have to do something seriously quick for these this year, formulating ideas of teepees or something similar. Could make some arches, quite cheap for 2 x 3m lengths for a small arch, or 2 joined in a taller arch, with some cross bars joined in with 'T' junctions preifilled with solder. To join in some curly bits you just need some solder wire, some flux, a flame gun or a can of propane gas with a nozzle bought from a hardware store. We used an old plumbers coil spring to pull thru the middle to bend the pipes, the 8mm were easier if you can set up a sort of guide to bend over, that is if you want the narrower curly bits. Copper tubing should last a long time,
and also looks good.
A pic to give an idea of what we have done