Plants growing on a wall are effectively living on a cliff face. Foxgloves are a good choice if you want to attract bumblebees to your garden. These are all so pretty - and some are just plain growing on their own. It is also east-facing with a hedge opposite, so rarely gets full strength sunshine. Plant 20 to 30 centimetres apart, in full or part sun. They're beautiful plants, and they make their environment look charming and old-fashioned. It is safest to choose varieties which prefer, or at least tolerate, dry conditions. LensMan999 from Trans-Neptunian region on June 19, 2013: Good ideas on growing plants on walls. All Rights Reserved. I loved your hub a lot. Nettlemere (author) from Burnley, Lancashire, UK on July 09, 2012: Thank you writer20 - you must have about the opposite conditions I would think to here in Lancashire. Trailing edibles are ideal for walls – go for plants like squashes, and tomatoes, which can be grown down in the vertical space. Other climbing plants could also be used this way. Either pop a seed into a marble-sized ball of moist compost and press that into a gap in the wall or sow some seeds thinly in to a seed tray and, rather then pricking them out to grow on in pots, prick them out with a bit of compost attached and slot them gently into the planting gap in your wall. USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 8 Voted up and interesting. Severe pruning may prevent the next season’s blooms. Birch tree saplings growing in a wall - probably not what you want! This can be a bit hit or miss! A dry stone wall gives you the most options for planting; these naturally have a host of gaps between stones, which can make great planting pockets and their open construction allows for thicker stemmed plants such as valerian or foxglove. Plants will cloak a large area with pink or white flowers. Plants with single stems, such as foxgloves, are best avoided in windy positions because these snap off more easily. Riviera Rose from South of France on February 15, 2013: This was such an interesting hub - where I live there are plenty of old stone walls and I love seeing plants which have (I imagine) self-seeded there. Making Plants Grow on Walls. for those who love creeping plants , some of those non creeping and creeping plants mentioned above can be used also in landscaping combined with hardscape. Its a moist area with little sun. They need little attention, give a reliable, colourful display and bring a sparkle to the nooks and crannies of an otherwise bare site. Divide plants in early spring to take cuttings in mid or late spring. The flowers form globular balls that grow to a height of 15 to 20 centimetres and look great massed on rock outcroppings. Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer or snow-on-the-mountain) is a great plant for spilling from crevices in walls. Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’. The plant will drop from the wall at some point because the roots need more time to grow into the wall. The birch tree sapling -- I think that's the one which surprised me aside from the foxglove. Blooms spring to early summer. Dracaenas are popular plants for the home and a majority of them grow upright with strap-like leaves. Plants That Grow Over a Rock Retaining Wall Flowering Vines. Trim back the shoots after flowering to keep the plant compact. I don't remember seeing the others, but I'll keep an eye out for them now. The leaves are often bicolored, variegated with whites, creams, yellows and reds. 10. You are quite lucky to spot many of those plants growing out in walls. Nieva Airra Sulit from Philippines on June 08, 2019: Great and helpful article esp. I love the white flowers and the lavender colored one at the top. Verbena (Verbena peruviana) Love the photos, and always wondered how plants grew into walls...very nice writeup! There are pink, white and crimson varieties which all love growing in walls. Aurinia saxatilis (or Alyssum saxatile) provides a thick, glorious mat of bright-yellow flowers. Flowers in spring and early summer with clusters of pure white flowers. It is a naturally low growing plant whose leaves will flatten themselves against a wall rendering it virtually immune to wind damage. Letitia, thank you so much for the link and for commenting. Ensure it a sunny position. Propagate in autumn, or take cuttings in summer. A plant for a dry stone wall, rather then a mortared wall with small gaps. Not that it’s relevant to the Arizona desert, but the plant can live in temps as low as 15 degrees Fahrenheit. In warmer regions this plant can be short-lived, so replant every year or two. It readily grows in nutrient-poor soil as long as it has good drainage. I live in north west England. With tiny five-petal flowers in yellow, peach, or white, this vine will grow into a jumble and find its way through, over, and under the other plants in your container, quickly filling any empty spaces. Nature is also the place to look to for inspiration when choosing plants to grow on a wall. Although it is only a short-lived perennial it seeds freely and will keep the wall covered without further intervention from you once it has established. This training style is decorative and makes good use of space, beautifying an otherwise blank wall. Some vines, like ivy, are true climbers that use aerial roots to hold on to surfaces. It is native of the UK and can be found growing amongst the limestone of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It does well in full sun and prefers poor soil—hence its suitability for growing in walls. istockphoto.com Best Plants for the Shower Thanks a lot for putting your hard work on here, Joyce. The other method is to plant well-grown plants on top of the wall or in pots right next to the wall and hope they spread or seed themselves into the wall. Provide a well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Self-heal is a good choice for growing in a wall if you want a later-flowering plant. Learned a few new plants I'm going to have to add to my yard/garden. Commonly called Basket of Gold, perennial alyssum makes a wonderful wall or rock garden plant. Is this quite common in your area? Blooms in late... 2. It has the advantage of a long flowering season from April to November and is very hardy but doesn't become a nuisance. Choose a few of these perennial beauties to dress your rock wall, and add a vertical dimension to your gardening. Since it prefers poor soil without much competition from other plants, it hasn't become problem. Get clear on whether you need a plant that provides full coverage all year round as some will become bare during winter, and always consider where your fence or wall is located in terms of exposure to sunlight. I was looking for other plants and this site has given me some wonderful ideas for my other very bare stone walls that need beautifying.Pictures very needed and appreciated. It ’ s... Helichrysum petiolare. Low-growing with semi-evergreen foliage that bears single blossoms in pink, red and pure white. I was quite surprised to see foxgloves which had seeded themselves in this dry stone wall around a field in Burnley, because they a quite heavy plants and could easily be rocked and dislodged by strong wind. Deb Hirt from Stillwater, OK on July 11, 2012: Such beautiful plants and flowers. Provide full sun or partial shade. Been looking for pics of others that have tried this but cant see any? G. septemfida is somewhat easier to grow, and has purple-blue flowers that bloom mid to late summer. Bell Flower: Campanula. Thank you for reading and voting Dirt Farmer - I think the hard labour of wall building could just be worth it! Great useful article. Tolerates most soil conditions. Has a somewhat sprawling habit and may become quite invasive. :). Toomuchmint thank you for voting. Instead, start with seeds or very small plants which can then send out roots to establish themselves firmly. Has silvery-grey foliage. Provide a well-drained, alkaline soil in full sun. BCLiving keeps you in the know on everything West Coast, highlighting local trends, eats, entertainment and travel ideas. Fairy Foxglove: Erinus alpinus. Campanula growing in a factory wall makes a stunning display. G. verna (alpine gentian) flowers later in the season. If the space is shallow, try alpine plants – they are naturally found in rocky spots and will grow well in poor or shallow … Arabis (rock cress) is very easy to grow. Many people think of boxwood as a deep green plant, but there are also beautiful white variegated and gold varieties. Gentiana acaulis (trumpet gentian) bears graceful, arching stems with intense-blue trumpet-like flowers, over five centimetres long. You might be better off compromising with something somewhat slower to establish and easier to maintain. They have quite thick stems and strong roots, so avoid using them in a wall whose purpose is structural. The detailed descriptions and vibrant pictures were helpful in aiding my visualization...so many beautiful possibilities! Shady, climbing plants: If you have a wall that is cooler and gets partial shade, you can try English ivy, Virginia creeper, chocolate vine, and climbing hydrangea. Just found this site and it's exactly what I've been looking for. Vigorous, low-growing golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia “Aurea”) spills from containers and over garden walls like tiny golden coins tumbling from a pirate’s hoard. Blooms in late spring and early summer. I guess they've been replanted on the ground, as it should be. Very interesting indeed! It will grow quite happily in limestone walls or where there has been a limestone mortar used. Thrives in full sun or partial shade. I thought the stonecrop looked especially lovely flowering out of the mossy wall, which is an effect that can be replicated at home on a wall which is damp or partially shaded. Blooms spring to early summer. Plants growing on cliff faces and in rocky crevices will usually be at home growing out of gaps in a domestic wall. I've just worked a link to it into one of my decorating hubs. Alpine plants, which often dislike wet conditions and are adapted to growing in poor soils, are another option as are many wild flowers, such as Welsh poppy, which thrive in poorer soils. Something also to consider is dealing with the cuttings of an enthusiastically growing plant. I consider us lucky to just have some lichens on some of those rocks! The fairy foxglove is also known as summer starwort. Plants are low-growing, and form a thick mat. Dracaena (Dracaena sp.) The smaller campanulas are very suitable for growing in a wall, such as Campanula cochlear (fairy thimbles) or Campanula poscharskyana. This is definitely something I'm looking into. Others, like honeysuckle, twine their stems around hand holds. I hope you have success if you do decide to plant some seedlings in your walls. Few flowers can match the brilliant blue of the gentians. Yellow corydalis looks very attractive growing in a wall and will flower between May and November. If you want inspiration, a walk around your neighbourhood should provide some with a combination of self-sown wild plants and intentionally sown garden plants growing on walls in your vicinity. I always worried that walls would receive bad effects(like destruction), if anything were growing there. 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. Climbing vines for hot, dry gardens: In a desert climate, try bougainvillea, yellow butterfly vine, lilac vine, or Queen’s wreath. Now if you’re trying to dress up a blank wall with plants, you don’t just de-pot a plant in the wall and expect the roots to hang on. I prefer the ordinary one as the green leaves and yellow flowers together look nice and fresh growing on a wall. Pages by Patty - I think you're probably safest with Ivy on a house wall, but if you have any boundary walls you might have a go with some of the other plants. Woody Mediterranean herbs are a good choice, like lavender and rosemary. After flowering, cut all the old flowerheads and any straggly shoots. Pages-By-Patty from Midwest on July 08, 2012: I, too, enjoyed the photos and your vast knowledge of plants and flowers. Nothing does a better job of edging a path, tumbling over the edges of containers or rolling over rock walls and rock gardens. I'll ask at one our nurseries for wall growing plants because of the heat and wind here. flowers are pink or yellow. 1. Thumbs up and voted useful! A downside of these is that the can look quite tatty when the first flush of flowers starts to die away or if there is a spell of heavy wind and rain. Marcy Goodfleisch from Planet Earth on July 28, 2012: This is fascinating! Nettlemere (author) from Burnley, Lancashire, UK on July 10, 2012: Hi Joyce, One plant which might work in Nevada walls is the Hottentot fig Carpobrotus edulis - it's native to South Africa and I've seen it growing over rocks by the shore in Jersey UK so it's tough enough to survive wind and sun. It's not at all thuggish though, so no need to feel hesitant about using it in your wall. There are red, white and pink varieties of red valerian. It will be interesting to find out what will grow on walls in Nevada - do report back! 10 Top Perennials for Garden Walls 1. 8. Marcy J. Miller from Arizona on April 21, 2013: This was such an enjoyable hub! Trailing plants can be a real bonus for the gardener. Though not a flowering plant, maidenhair spleenwort looks attractive growing in walls. Arabis caucasica is a perennial which grows to 9 inches high and spreads to about 24 inches. Very fine flowers in white, pale pink or lilac that grow to a height of 15 to 20 centimetres. Here, our arid central Arizona conditions make it unsuitable for such pretty plantings ... but you've given me some ideas. Trim lightly after flowering. Try the ground-covering shrub, rose daphne (D. cneorum). It carries smaller flowers or trumpets 2.5 centimetres long, variable in colour from bright to pale sky blue, and sometimes white. Native to Southern Europe, Ivy leaved toadflax has naturalised in the UK and easily colonises walls. From the editors of BCLiving, a seasonal subscription box of beauty products & decor treasures. I really don't know about all those.............thanks for sharing. However the leaves are quite attractive on their own ranging from greys and creams to green with a red tinge. Invasive plants that will be easy to establish and grow enthusiastically all over the fence will need cutting back every year. Invasive and need control by removal but enjoyed by birds. On a boundary wall or one held together by mortar with just a few little gaps for planting, smaller plants such as corydalis are best. I think it's a bit heavy looking to work well higher up a wall, but planted below knee height, it can be effective. I wonder about whether the roots will start appearing on the inside of the factory! I love the sight of a wall covered in flowers, especially if they are actually growing out of the wall as opposed to being a climber growing against a wall or part of a "living wall" setup such as the woolly pocket system. Climbing plants and wall shrubs cover walls, fences, unsightly features, arches, obelisks and pergolas. I think your birdbath or sculpture idea is really good - if you have a go you should definitely make a hub about it. To me the best displays of plants that grow on walls look as though they occurred naturally without any human intervention. I have a brick home with ivy growing on it and that's the extent of my green thumb! FullOfLoveSites from United States on March 18, 2013: Interesting and lovely! Aubrieta – If there’s a stone wall in your neighbourhood, you’ll probably find one of the beautiful Aubrieta hybrids spilling over the edge. Joyce Haragsim from Southern Nevada on July 08, 2012: Great hub and I love your wonderful photo's. Sumona Ireen from New York, US on September 17, 2014: Good hub. I think it would be really interesting to build a birdbath or sculpture out of stone and plant flowers in the crevices. Every spring it develops masses of cheerful yellow flowers that look terrific tucked between rocks and boulders. Grows 1.8 to three metres tall. The plant will cascade over rocks and low stone walls in a rock garden to soften the setting. Aubrieta – If there’s a stone wall in your neighbourhood, you’ll probably find one of the beautiful Aubrieta hybrids... 3. 21 of 24. In the garden I think of them as ground covers, while the container world calls them spillers. Following are 10 of my favourite plants for dressing up a rock or stone wall. Continue to 21 of 24 below. Will cover a large area. True climbers take up little ground space, and are excellent choices for smaller gardens, whereas wall shrubs require more ground space. 9. If you are going to try growing foxgloves in a wall a west or east facing aspect is best as is planting them lower down the wall where they will be less affected by the wind. Some good ideas I have a small broken wall and want to try and hide it with plants,thanks. You’ll know you’ve hit the right combination when passersby stop to take a second look, then make a mad dash for their camera! Freelancer Jutta Boras divides her time between writing about flowers and growing them in her garden on the Sechelt peninsula. Whilst it doesn't have the longest flowering season, it does produce abundant flowers which are a very cheering sight. Here’s a selection of the best climbing plants. Commonly called ‘Rock Cress’, Aubrieta is a traditional rock garden plant that is lovely spilling out of crevices, growing over rock walls or placed in stonewalls. Once it has a firm root-hold, nothing will stop it. Do allow some of the beauty of the rock face to show through by keeping a portion of the surface area free of plants. As a general rule, plants which have a thick taproot are best avoided because these will grow thicker and may start to make the space it's growing in bigger and eventually weaken the wall. I think the foxgloves would only do well in a shaded or damp wall, because they're thirstier than the average wall grower. Another sun-worshipper. They will flower from May to September. Height is 15 to 23 centimetres. Riviera Rose - I bet you get a lot of lovely plants that I'm not familiar with in walls in the south of France. It blooms profusely with intensely fragrant pink flowers from spring to early summer. Dark-green foliage. Flowers freely June through September. Most have yellow or white flowers. Thank you for reading and your comments. They are used mainly in the North of england and hardly ever in the south. An espalier is a plant trained to grow on a flat, vertical surface. Vines are among the best plants to cover walls, since they climb naturally. Voted up and awesome. Can be somewhat fickle to grow. You’ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb. It originated in southern Europe, doesn't like getting too damp and as a garden escape has naturalised on walls around villages in the UK. When mature will provide great cascades of colour. Easy to grow. I've found our aloe vera will grow like an epiphytic plant -- and I might be able to entice some to take hold from between the volcanic rocks that we've used to make low drywall in various places around the ranch. Looks great planted with Aubrieta as both flower at similar times and make an excellent showing together. They grow well across a range of temperatures but they tend not to … Ivy … The flowers you've shown are so pretty. Now I will definitely try growing some of those plants that you included in the hub. This allows the beauty of the stone to be enhanced, rather than obscured. Propagate by seed, cuttings or layering. It does best in partial and full sun, and require moderate watering. It originates from the mountains of Europe and though not native to the UK has escaped from gardens and naturalised. Would love to see more photos. 3. Have often wondered if it's possible to plant any - I've certainly got weeds growing in gaps in walls, so now I think I might follow your advice and sow some seeds. Aubrieta ‘Doctor Mules’. Nettlemere (author) from Burnley, Lancashire, UK on July 18, 2012: rbm - thank you for commenting - I was surprised too when I saw foxgloves growing in walls when I moved to Lancashire. Some point because the roots need more time to grow plants because of factory! 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