Growing Plants On Top Of A Wall

The root system can be planted at the top of your garden and will need plenty of soil to keep it properly supported.

Growing plants on top of a wall.

Vines are among the best plants to cover walls since they climb naturally. Indeterminate cherry tomatoes are a vining type of plant that will grow multiple vines to cover your garden wall. For this vertical wall garden project you can use either faux plants or real plants. You should be able to find both at different points of the wall so take advantage of all its aspects.

Choose a plant s final position according to whether it needs sun or shade. Plants can grow on the top or sides of a wall. Hooks that fit over the top of the wall can hold a container disguised by the plants and some moss tucked in around them to hide the supports. Shade lovers for shady walls epiphytic plants such as bromeliads and ferns can be mounted during summer onto walls posts or rustic branches.

Some vines like ivy are true climbers that use aerial roots to hold on to surfaces. Clematis roses wisteria and honeysuckle. Feature these wall mounted shelves to hold plants on your selected wall. True climbers take up little ground space and are excellent choices for smaller gardens whereas wall shrubs require more ground space.

Wall plant holder zoutog 5 inch round ceramic wall mounted planters for indoor plants hanging succulent planters with 6 hooks for succulent plants or air herb plants pack of 6 plants not included. 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. Climbers and wall shrubs climbing plants and wall shrubs cover walls fences unsightly features arches obelisks and pergolas. You ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb.

Diy hanging plants wall. Hanging plants may be in baskets planter boxes affixed to the wall in pots that are tucked into cracks and niches or artfully and discretely planted on the top of the wall. Plants which naturally grow cliff faces such as sea thrift are likely to tolerate growing in a wall and succulents such as stonecrop which don t need much water can work well. 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.

Watch or read the tutorial here to imitate it. Others like honeysuckle twine their stems around hand holds. The vines will need to be trellised in some fashion in order to promote good airflow and to keep the vines orderly.