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Post by brownrexx on Mar 19, 2015 18:12:44 GMT -5
How about growing Scarlet Runner Beans on the guy wires? I grew some last year and they have orange flowers which the hummingbirds really liked. We didn't really like the dried beans because they were big and kind of meaty but I will probably grow the plants again just for the flowers and compost the plants with the beans at the end of the season.
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Post by gakaren on Mar 20, 2015 15:27:15 GMT -5
Or, or, or....how abut some hyacinth bean vines to climb the center pole or wires??? I can save some of those seeds too. They are annual. They have lavender blooms much like a sweet pea and then they get pretty purple pods. Hummers love them and so do butter flies. You would have to collect seeds each year as I learned the hard way that the ones that got frozen over the winter did not make. But you can see when the pods start to dry & twist and can collect some then.
And I've got you on my list and I'll ask for your addy when I get seeds.  |
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Post by davidjp on Mar 20, 2015 16:04:10 GMT -5
How about some hops up those wires, they will easily go 20 Ft and die down in winter. The dried cones look lovely as decorations, smell great and you can make beer with them
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Post by OregonRed on Mar 20, 2015 17:17:54 GMT -5
ooohhh! David gave me an idea for my cutting garden for unique items for flower arrangements!
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Post by claude on Mar 21, 2015 15:52:07 GMT -5
You need a male and a female for production of hops but that is sure a great idea!
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Post by davidjp on Mar 21, 2015 16:55:50 GMT -5
Are you sure about that. The reason I ask is that I brew quite a lot and the thing I have noticed is that with imported UK hops they always have seeds in them whereas the US grown hops never seem to. I've heard its because in the US they only plant female vines and in the UK both as they think being fertilised contributes to the flavour. So I was sort of assuming that they don't need to be fertilised in order to produce. But I could be wrong about that?
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Post by claude on Mar 21, 2015 22:49:50 GMT -5
You know, when I have seen them for sale they always recommend that both plants be purchased to produce hops...I've never grown them myself.
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