Fast growing vine; Wind, Frost, Sun barrier?

Hello,

Is there a vine that can be sown outside now (March Idaho Zone 6), that would be suitable for use as a barrier for wind and sun later in the year?

Spring here can get very windy and ruin vegetable crops, as well as the odd late frost (mid May).
I was thinking of pole beans but I don't think I can sow them outside now. It does not have to be an edible vine, just fast growing, frost tolerant, and tough!

Thank you,

basix10

Two perienials com to mind. some kind of wild grape and a climbing rose. They might not do what you want in a year but in a couple the should.

Thank you, I really needed something that would grow this year. I looked at Hops but they are not frost hardy.

What about Blackberries?

So far they look promising. I have to find a lot of them cheap if they will do as we transitioning to organic with 2 acres out of (13 yet to go)!

This will be our first year at market gardening and we are looking for something temporary.

Thank you for your reply, it is sincerely appreciated.

basix

I don't think you'll find an annual that will out grow the vegetables. Anything you plant this year won't grow up in a month which is what it sounds like you want. For example corn, which would get high enough likes, warm weather and the rule of thumb is your corn is on schedule here if it is knee high by the fourth of July. How high do you need it?

Very few if anything grows until the weather warms some.
I'd lean toward trellised peas. Peas are tolerant of cool weather. Actually what I think I'd try if I needed some wind protection right no.w is Snow Fence.

If you have a chance of frost may 15 then you really are going to be planting much until after that date.

Fast growing vines:

Scarlet Runner Bean
Autumn Clematis

Good luck

basix10 - before you make a final decision on your vine, be sure it's not invasive. When we lived in South Florida, we planted a beautiful flowering vine by our front door and had a devil of a time getting rid of it when it tried to take over the house!

Also, I would not plant blackberries, or raspberries because their roots send out under ground runners which will come up in the most unexpected places.

Incidentally, grapes/raisins are poisonous to dogs. I would love to have a grape arbor, but am afraid the dogs might eat any fallen fruit.

I've read Kiwis grow quickly, but I'm not sure they would live in your area. They need a very sturdy support.

Gourds grow very quickly.

Scarlet runner beans. They grow like ordinary beans, but I do not like the way they taste. Hyacinth bean. Morning glories. Check with your county agent. Luciee

Consider Aristolochia durior (macrophylla) for shade and screening. It's frost hardy but may take some time to establish.

Fasteddy, that's what I was going to suggest as well. Parts of the plant are poisonous. Would that be a problem if it's screening a garden?

"Scarlet runner beans. They grow like ordinary beans, but I do not like the way they taste. Hyacinth bean. Morning glories. Check with your county agent. Luciee"
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Not Morning Glories - no, no, no. Morning Glories are thugs and you'll never get rid of 'em.

About 12 years ago I planted a pack of Morning Glory seeds along a short section of my vegetable garden fence. They were beautiful that year, and they're one of my favorite flowers.

I'm STILL fighting them in my garden every season. They've reverted back to having tiny little red blossoms - though mostly I get the vines pulled before they get a chance to bloom. It's impossible to pull them up by the roots - they're skinny vines that break off easily, and there's no telling how deep the roots go.

As a weed they're fairly harmless in the garden, but I can't get rid of them. The roots are so deep they come back again after being sprayed with a herbicide, and they just break off if I try to pull them. Every year they climb my tallest plants from places where I can't till the soil. Tomatoes, pole beans, corn, okra, and cucumbers growing on a fence all have little Morning Glory vines entwined with them. Also, they travel - I have Morning Glories coming up 55 feet from where I once planted them!

Don't do it!

Ozark, I agree with everything you say about morning glory WEEDS. I was trying to sugest something fast and hoped that the climate in Idaho might prevent the problems I have had with them. I have wild ones come up in my garden every year. I can remember morning glories since I was little and how awful they were. I should not have mentioned them. Luciee :(

luciee - Yes, but Morning Glories sure are pretty, huh? I just get a little excited thinking about little inbred red blooms at the top of my 9' cornstalks when I can't do anything about it.

Planted from seed, they're about the prettiest flowers I know.

Ozark, I love the COLOR of the purple ones. Our neighbor had Heavenly Blue on a fence and they took movie pictures of it. This was more than 50 years ago. I still do not like them for all the trouble they cause. Luciee

A morning glory by any other name is still "bind weed" to me! I wouldn't sow them in my garden for any reason.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus

Thanks, Honeybee, I wouldn't either. I do not know why I suggested it. 30 lashes with a wet noodle!!! Luciee :)

Well, I did it, one time, about 12 years ago. They sure were pretty, huh? (see picture above).

I didn't know what bindweed was at the time. Now I sure do. LOL

Same story here. We removed it (ha ha ha) five years ago but the seeds keep on germinating and it's a daily visit to the spot to make sure each and every one is gone. It would be great if it weren't for the self-seeding.

I'm grateful none of my neighbors grow it! It's bad enough that I have running bamboo encroaching from a neighbor's back yard.