Growing Plants Up A Wall

Wall purpose if a wall is structural e g part of a house you probably ought to avoid growing plants in it because if there is space for plants there is space for damp to get in and the structure may be deteriorating.

Growing plants up a wall.

Growing plants against a wall is a great way to soften the hard edges of a garden. Here s our guide to the best climbing plants and wall trained shrubs for sunny and shady spots in your garden. Climbing plants for containers. 16 july in problem solving.

Climbing plants give fences walls trellis arches or obelisks the wow factor. This is also a great way to grow fruit trees and fit a large number of varieties including the necessary pollinators into a much smaller space. When i ask them to maintain it so that it does not get so. You can find plants suitable to hide a wall that grow best in sun as well as climbing plants that grow best in.

My neighbour grows a virginia creeper up my garage wall. True climbers take up little ground space and are excellent choices for smaller gardens whereas wall shrubs require more ground space. Finding trailing plants to cover a wall isn t difficult and many vines deciduous and evergreen will do the job. Great for screening unsightly areas of the garden they also brighten up bare walls and add height to your borders.

Clematis roses wisteria and honeysuckle. On a boundary wall or one held together by mortar with just a few little gaps for planting smaller plants such as. Climbing plants and wall shrubs cover walls fences unsightly features arches obelisks and pergolas. I don t particularly mind that however they do not maintain it and let it grow up over my garage roof tiles and into my guttering.

They can add green foliage and even blossoms to that side of the garden. Walls are great for privacy and of course make up an essential part of a home but they aren t always that pretty.