A garden without vines, without climbing decorative foliage and flowering plants seems boring. Such a garden lacks an aura of mystery, semi-hiddenness, understatement and uniqueness. This is what vines can provide – annual or perennial.
Features
If a decision is made to decorate the site with liana-like plants, to make it more colorful and attractive, then Maiden grapes can be safely considered one of the best perennial deciduous vines for this purpose. All the beauty of this species lies in its lush crown, which has many shades and changes color depending on the season. In addition, the vine is famous for its powerful growth, length and versatility in landscape design. The peculiarity of a tri-pointed or five-leafed grape is its large mass and length, which requires serious support.
Support for liana-like plants are various devices, which in this particular case have the main feature – reliability. The mass of decorative grapes is very large, so a tapestry in the form of a thin stretched wire is not suitable here – it will not withstand the weight over time. There are several types of capital supports that ensure the full development of plants.
The support for the Maiden Grapes should be massive and strong, forged or made of wood, not counting the walls and fences, which in themselves are the basis.
Varieties
When choosing racks for Maiden Grapes, one must take into account the place where it will be placed and what exactly is expected from the plant.
Arch
A design that resembles a doorway with an arcuate rounding at the top. The material of manufacture, shape, height, width and length can have a variety of parameters – it all depends on the place where the arch will be installed. If it is erected on the driveway to the house, then it should be spacious and high so as not to interfere with the free passage and passage of the car. For ornamental grapes, removable and mobile structures are not used.
Pergolas
Decorative through canopy with repeating sections of the same type, whose purpose is to be a support for climbing plants. Pergolas are popular for climbing roses, vines and other heavy perennials. Made from wood, metal and other materials. Most often they play the role of gazebos. The pergola on the site is an accent in landscape design, so for its construction it is necessary to carefully choose a place, configuration, material. Pagoda-shaped pergolas are very popular.
Obelisk
This type of support looks like a three-, four-sided stele, pyramid, column. The role of the obelisk can be performed by supporting columns at the entrance area. The obelisk is not necessarily a solid structure, it can be openwork made of metal, wooden slats and other things. At the same time, one must remember the weight of the grapes – the support must be massive. If these are not columns, then the obelisk most often plays a solo role in the center of a flower bed or lawn, it can be part of a pole for a lamp.
Lattice
A multi-purpose support, independent or part of a complex structure, such as a pergola. An ideal solution for zoning a site – with its help, you can highlight individual corners of the garden, create secluded cozy places, recreation areas with a bench, a spring, a fountain.
Trelyage
We can say that this is the same lattice. It can be solo or part of a garden composition, for example, a support against the wall of a garden pool.
Trellis
A structure hardly used as a support for Maiden Grapes. These are poles with wire stretched between them. Typically used in fruit vineyards.
wall, fence
wall, fence – the most common types of supports for decorative grapes. A wooden, brick, concrete wall is an ideal surface for a tenaciously climbing vine. Planting along fences in 2-3 years turns them into a “living” hedge.
The most original device for landscaping with a liana is a creative solution with a lot of imagination. Wicker tyn, the basis for a green sculpture, communication pipes and much more.
You can just look around, think about what is in the way, what you want to cover up, “turn on” your imagination – and then a real landscape work will appear in front of the house.
How to tie up?
Having decided on the type of support, organizing its device in a permanent place, you can plant young plants. After the shoots begin to grow, it is necessary to take up the direction of their growth. Of course, if this is a hedge, then let them grow on their own. If we are talking about pergola, then the garter of young shoots is required – it is necessary that part of the vines creep along the ground. To do this, young shoots are tied horizontally to the lower jumpers. Otherwise, they will immediately “rush” vertically upwards, as a result, the bottom will remain empty, since the vine begins to branch and grow foliage about half a meter from the ground.
In the case when the vine should green the wall of the house, the direction of the shoots is set taking into account the location of windows and doors – near them, the interfering shoots are cut off, tied to the neighboring ones, directing their growth a little to the side.
If the vine is planted in a pot, and its place is on the balcony, then the root can be placed in one corner, and the shoots can be tied up as they grow, pointing in the opposite direction. Then they can be put up along the perimeter and laid horizontally again, thus forming a “green platband-canopy”. In a similar way, you can lay them beautifully on the terrace, achieving the desired effect.
