I suppose the old trellis build around it for a start and plant some climbers up the trellis???
i'd put a few different climbers. Honeysuckle (woodbine) is lovely and has the obvious benefit of a gorgeous fragrance. You can get different varieties of this, i have a lovely one with an orange tint.
it will die back in winter but i think if you have at least one evergreen then put loads of other climbers around for the variety/colour/scents
jasmine is another.
have you considered covering the tanks completely with some kind of structure? maybe block walls painted white to reflect light, with climers growing up the walls. Then you could plant the roof with moss or alpines.
This sounds like a lovely plan and one that I have tried- the only thing is one climber is going to win the battle over the others- and none of them ever really took off in terms of growth. so if you're looking to cover it you're probably better off just using one climber.
This could be down to the types of climbers I used...but just to share the experience.
Obviously this would be a bigger, more expensive job but it would also secure and protect your tanks.
Thanks for all your advice, the wall idea is clever but cheap and cheerful for now but from your suggestions, think will settle on the woodbine honeysuckle, find out if this one is evergreen as some honeysuckle is? Then as you say, intertwine this with something else. My favourite flower is sweetpea by chance but if I plant them around will they re appear every year, as long as I look after them? also Jasmine? Think the trellis would work well with these. Evergreen clematis I will save for my windbreaker trellis.
tell it to smile!
and as for the covering ideas given above there should be a minimum clearence of 600mm around your tank for routine inspection on your yearly boiler service to check for possible fatigue or leak etc if not when/if it did leak/split your insurance company will not cover you and as a customer I know just found out had to remove the soil around the burst tank as designated toxic waste (cost 12000euro)
Jeez louise, scare tactics alert, all I want is a creeper suggestion. We can't, don't want to move it as a) money b)who needs the hassle after building a house and c)within appropriate distance from the house so we are compliant, we are in an open field anyway, so we will see it.
And on a lighter note, think we will plant honeysuckle and jasmine, two tough climbers.
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