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- Hops - ideal climbing plant for the pergola
- Green Pergola with hops
- Maintain hops properly
- The right place for hops
- Disadvantages of hops in the pergola greening
- Tips
Hops are great for greening a pergola
Hops - ideal climbing plant for the pergola
Garden owners who want to green their pergola with a perennial, easy-care and robust climber, make the right choice with hops. The summer-green climber grows very fast, forms in the summer a dense privacy and provides plenty of shade.
Green Pergola with hops
Hops is a low-maintenance alternative to climbing roses or clematis. The climber is not very demanding and needs little care.
To grow the hops needed a trellis aid. For this purpose, simply stretch wires or erect planting rods.
The leaves of the hops are similar to those of the vine leaves. The flowering of female plants is inconspicuous, the flowering of male plants is more noticeable. Decorative are the cones that form at the end of the summer. When ripe, they can be harvested and stored for teas or natural remedies. You can even brew your own beer from the hop cones.
Maintain hops properly
Care does not really need hops:
Hops snakes around the climbing aid in a clockwise direction. Occasionally, you must assist the tendrils in slinging.
The right place for hops
Hops like it sunny. A place on the south side does not bother him.
The earth should be a little damp. The roots should not dry out completely. Waterlogging is even worse than dryness.
For compacted soils drainage should be applied before planting. If the hops are pulled in the bucket, there must be a sufficiently large draw hole.
Disadvantages of hops in the pergola greening
Of course, hops also have a few disadvantages. The plant spreads strong and later is difficult to remove. The spread can be prevented when the hops are pulled in the bucket.
Hops is a deciduous plant. It retreats in the fall, leaving only the dried stalks behind. It then forms no tight privacy. The stems should preferably be cut back in the spring so that the hops can pull the nutrients into the roots.
Tips
Did you know that hops are edible? The young shoots that emerge in spring can be harvested and prepared as asparagus.