Supporting your climbing plants – its worth doing it properly climbing plants

If you are considering growing some climbing plants this year its worth considering installing a good support system. Simply using thin wires and vine eyes is alright up to a certain point but consider that your climbing plants could last 50 years or more is worth investing in a more suitable plant support system. The GardenAdvice team use galvanised wire rope 4mm and 2mm with a small Turnbuckle, wire rope clamps and wire rope thimbles to guide the wire rope plus anchor hooks.  It all sounds a bit expensive but using suppliers such as toolstation.com it costs around £6 for a small plant such as a clematis and £15 for a larger plant such as a wisteria. 
Product links 
https://www.toolstation.com/galvanised-wire-rope/p89647
https://www.toolstation.com/turnbuckle/p71374
https://www.toolstation.com/wire-rope-thimble/p70990
https://www.toolstation.com/wire-rope-clamp/p63506

With the wire you can use a thinner wire is required here is a link 

https://www.toolstation.com/galvanised-straining-wire/p40640

Fixings to wall or posts 

https://www.toolstation.com/vine-eye/p33859

https://www.toolstation.com/chain-plate/p78579