my hubby wants to plant hops plants...

caitlindrew

so my hubby wants to plant a bunch of hops plants along both sides of our house, but i'm afraid it will look trashy! Has anyone had experience with this???!!! I think it's a cool idea to grown  your own hops for brewing beer, but Im picturing a really unattractive landcaping project here! Is there a way to make it look nice thats affordable?

 

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ColoradoFan

We just planted some on Sunday!  We're trying to make it as organized as possible- we put raised beds behind the garage and will attach a simple twine trellis to the wall to guide them so they don't end up all over the place.  I'll let you know how it turns out!

pdxmouse

Golden hops are planted out here as an ornamental. The flowers aren't anything special, but I think the strobials are interesting.

 

Here's some landscaping hints: Oregonian, Great Plant Picks, Paghat's.

I've been looking for a good spot to put one myself. It's the suckering and size that are holding me back.

xmaryrickx

I don't know if either of you have dogs, but just as a note, Hops, in any form,  are extremely toxic to dogs. So if you have poochies, make sure that they cannot come in contact with the plants, bc even a small amount can trigger a reaction.

aallenba

We thought about planting this but then I did some research and found out it can grow 15-20 ft each year..or something crazy. Needless to say we decided against it.

pdxmouse

aallenba:

We thought about planting this but then I did some research and found out it can grow 15-20 ft each year..or something crazy. Needless to say we decided against it.

Well, they die all the way back at the end of the year, so it's just 15-20 ft that they'll get. Still, big. 

mmremshard

We don't have any in our yard, but when we visited the Dogfish head brewpub this summer, they used them as a canopy to their outdoor seating area.

Sorry for the huge pic - but this is the only one I could find online.