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Apple esplaier
which there are many cultivars of each.
The new self-pollinating type like Firestorm
or Moonlight are very suitable for vertical growing. If grown for decorative as well as picking the flowers are available in red, white, pink and bi-coloured. Closely related are the Borlotto beans grown for the beans rather than the pods and that are dried and stored for use in the winter. Less well known are the yard-long bean which will produce beans up to 75cm long and even longer if grown well. They need a sunny site so a southerly aspect
In the past Barry Newman
has mentioned in articles
about growing courgettes
up supports. Black Forest
is a climbing cultivar of
courgettes worth a try.
Any trailing marrow can be
trained up supports like
courgettes, just make sure
you support the weight of
the marrow once it starts
growing or it will pull the plant down. Squash can be trained the same only choose the smaller fruiting cultivars as again the weight of the fruit could be a problem. Staying with the cucurbits both cucumbers and melons are normally grown up canes of similar
Apple Mini tree Red lane
would be ideal. The beans are round and used like French beans and can be frozen.
As Emily Plumb showed in her article last year courgettes can be grown up supports so have a look back at the
article for further details.
supports but they both need warmth and are better growing in polytunnels or greenhouses but if you have a warm area outside may be worth a try. Whilst mentioning warm sites
both tomatoes and sweet potatoes can be trained up supports and will grow better in warm sites. The outdoor tomato cultivars will grow and crop well in most parts of the UK so temperature
is less critical for these. If growing sweet potatoes these are very rampant plants and will need space and good supports, they will cover a trellis. Another
rampant plant is cucamelon, although usually grown in greenhouses or polytunnels where they tend to take over they will grow in warm areas outdoors and will also cover a trellis with ease.
Years ago, many peas were tall and
Both tomatoes and sweet potatoes can be trained up supports and will grow better in warm sites
Archway of gourds
Pear ‘Invincible’ cordon
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