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- Knotweed is not evergreen
- Knotweed is deciduous
- Creepers need climbing aid
- Evergreen climbing plants for the garden
- Tips & Tricks
Although knotweed grows extremely fast, it throws off its green foliage in late autumn
Knotweed is not evergreen
Among the Knöterichen the Knick knotweed (Polygonum aubertii or also Fallopia aubertii) is a true master among the climbing plants. Within a very short time, the plant reaches heights of growth between eight and twelve meters.
Knotweed is deciduous
Although the knotweed is a perennial - and very perennial - plant that is not evergreen. However, the knotweed throws its foliage very late - with sufficient sunshine and, more importantly, adequate water supply, the climber keeps her foliage well into November.
Creepers need climbing aid
The knotweed belongs to the creepers. The plant does not have attachment roots that could help it cling to the various substrates. Instead, she wraps her shoots around all available climbing aids - including pipes, gutters and the like. The shoots can be so strong that the climbing aid can be destroyed by the plant. For knotweed, a climbing frame is particularly well suited, as it allows the direction of growth of this plant to be reasonably directed into the desired paths.
Evergreen climbing plants for the garden
In the following table you will find evergreen alternatives to deciduous knotweed. However, the ivy is the only really evergreen climber - the others are either not really evergreen (throw the old foliage, for example, only in the spring) or do not belong to the climbing plants. However, crawler medlar, creeping spindle and hawthorn can be raised with the appropriate support quite a climber.
Tips & Tricks
When selecting the climber, look for the preferred location of the climber. Although knotweed grows almost everywhere, Clematis, for example, prefers cool feet.