Plants To Hang Over Retaining Wall

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9.

Plants to hang over retaining wall.

Convolvulus sabatius makes a delightful spillover plant or dense groundcover for sunny parts of the garden. Above the dark green leaves crowded spikes of pink flowers open on short stems darkening as they mature and the whole plant spreads tightly across rocks and down over retaining walls. La city pix real people in los angeles. The lovely lilac blue trumpet shaped flowers appear through spring and summer.

Others like honeysuckle twine their stems around hand holds. Get the tutorial at home made lovely. Sign up for the hot gardens newsletter. Plants that grow over a rock retaining wall flowering vines.

Native to coastal areas of western asia shore juniper juniperus conferta takes full sun to partial shade in u s. Rock garden with creeping thyme early blue violets fire witch pussy toes and succulents. Add stones to a slope for erosion control creating planting pockets as you go. Plants in crevices will soften the appearance of the stone.

10 top perennials for garden walls 1. Early blue violets are great for growing in rock crevices. Rock garden with creeping thyme early blue violets fire witch pussy toes and succulents. Fill the pocket with garden soil add the plant and then carefully secure the next stone.

You ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb. Arabis rock cress. Aurinia saxatilis or alyssum saxatile provides a thick glorious mat of bright yellow flowers. Passiflora spp commonly known as passionflower and actinidia spp known as kiwi vines grow quickly.

Aubrieta if there s a stone wall in your neighbourhood you ll probably find one of the beautiful aubrieta hybrids. Plants for retaining walls. Visit our other sites. Potato grow bags let you garden anywhere.

Tuck cascading plants into crevices and let them spill over the top of retaining walls. And they re all perfect choices for hanging baskets too. Early blue violets are great for growing in rock crevices. Vines are among the best plants to cover walls since they climb naturally.

I saw it in tucson. 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. Antigonon leptopus known as mexican creeper or coral vine is hardy in u s. This ingenious garden wall is crafted from an arbor overlaid over with wire netting.