{"id":2479,"date":"2019-01-30T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T14:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:48:34","slug":"supporting-your-climbing-plants-its-worth-doing-it-properly-climbing-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/supporting-your-climbing-plants-its-worth-doing-it-properly-climbing-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting your climbing plants &#8211; its worth doing it properly climbing plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4854\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623.jpeg 650w, 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https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0617-320x240.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4856\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0629.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0629.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0629-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0629-520x390.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0629-320x240.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4857\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623-520x694.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0623-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4858\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0619.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0619.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0619-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0619-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/IMG_0619-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4859\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/wires-for-plants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/wires-for-plants.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/wires-for-plants-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/wires-for-plants-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/wires-for-plants-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_0624.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nIf 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.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>It all sounds a bit expensive but using suppliers such as toolstation.com it costs around \u00a36 for a small plant such as a clematis and \u00a315 for a larger plant such as a wisteria.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Product links&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/galvanised-wire-rope\/p89647\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/galvanised-wire-rope\/p89647<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/turnbuckle\/p71374\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/turnbuckle\/p71374<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/wire-rope-thimble\/p70990\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/wire-rope-thimble\/p70990<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/wire-rope-clamp\/p63506\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/wire-rope-clamp\/p63506<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the wire you can use a thinner wire is required here is a link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screwfix.com\/p\/essentials-wire-rope-steel-1-5mm-x-20m\/460fe\">Click Here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fixings to wall or posts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/vine-eye\/p33859\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/vine-eye\/p33859<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/chain-plate\/p78579\">https:\/\/www.toolstation.com\/chain-plate\/p78579<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}