It is topped with evergreen plants which give life to the wall.
Hanging plants retaining wall.
You ll find many plants suitable to hide a wall but the best plants to cover walls depend on your personal preferences.
In the photo silvery green helichrysum cascades over the edge.
Cascading flowers for sunny retaining walls.
Dig a hole for the vine about 18 inches away from the base of the wall insert the plant and refill with good soil.
Retaining walls should augment a garden s beauty while fulfilling their intended purpose.
The retaining wall a wall built to hold soil in and raise the level of an area of landscape can stand at sharp contrast with the rest of the garden.
You might try flowering vines to add decorative effect like the following.
A series of retaining walls surrounding a waterfall that runs into a small creek down the hill.
Best plants to cover walls.
Creating beauty on retaining walls.
With their long trailing stems these are plants that grow naturally as groundcovers but when given a little height will attractively cover the vertical rather than the horizontal.
Unique rock retaining wall by the sidewalk composed of various shapes and sizes creating an interesting look.
On a boundary wall or one held together by mortar with just a few little gaps for planting smaller plants such as.
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.
Gigantic upright agaves and large flax phormium add drama.
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Whether you re creating beautiful planted containers or want to soften the edges of raised garden beds and retaining walls cascading plants are fabulously useful.