Growing Plants On Concrete Walls
Spilling over the top of the wall is brighter green ornamental grass and behind that on top a low growing hedge of english boxwood buxus microphylla which encloses a traditional lawn.
Growing plants on concrete walls. Be sure the structure is solid enough to hold up the mature vine. Plants with a trailing habit such as ivy leaved toadflax are designed for cascading down rock faces or scree slopes and can thrive in a wall. Trailing plants to cover a wall. Climbing plants including favourites such as honeysuckle and jasmine all share the successful strategy of relying on the support of other plants or objects to reach the sunlight.
Ornamental grass in front of a concrete wall distracts your gaze away from the wall drawing your. You ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb. Our patented pleated pocket living wall systems are an elegant solution for growing lush living walls anywhere from homes and workplaces to entire facades. Here s a selection of the best climbing plants.
Others like honeysuckle twine their stems around hand holds. Before you decide what to plant near a concrete wall consider the long term effects your choice may. Some vines like ivy are true climbers that use aerial roots to hold on to surfaces. How to grow vines on a concrete block wall.
In desert climates korean boxwood is a better choice. Wisteria is a good option to train against a wall. Gardening ideas for concrete walls concrete concerns. Unless vine plants have holdfasts that cling to any surface you must create a trellis system in order to grow vines on concrete block walls.
Clematis roses wisteria and honeysuckle. We ve divided the list into climbers for walls borders and vigorous examples. The concrete contains a biological layer that collects and stores rainwater providing a moist growing environment where microalgae fungi lichens and mosses can thrive they explain in a report. Other climbing plants could also be used this way.
Attach wires or a trellis to the wall to provide support for the wall covering plants. Vines are among the best plants to cover walls since they climb naturally. Lightweight easy and fun it s the perfect way to grow vertically. Soft pockets for plants.
This obviates the need to invest much in producing supportive tissue such as the.