{"id":47687,"date":"2017-03-11T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-thinking-of-a-green-wall-give-climbing-plants-a-go-instead\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T11:11:19","slug":"alys-fowler-thinking-of-a-green-wall-give-climbing-plants-a-go-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-thinking-of-a-green-wall-give-climbing-plants-a-go-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Alys Fowler: thinking of a green wall? Give climbing plants a go instead"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMany climbers are perfectly content with life in a container, and watering a pot is easier than watering a wallOn the walk to work, I pass a half-dead green wall. It had gone the way of many green walls, which are often far more work than anyone wants to let on. So I pondered the merits of green walls versus climbers. Climbers won. These are plants that actually want to grow upwards across something vertical and require no more effort from you than giving them something to grow on. Putting up wires or netting may seem a faff, but when you\u2019re on to your third replacement plant and the drip irrigation is still overwatering a particular section of your green wall, vine eyes\u00a0and wire tensioners may suddenly look more\u00a0interesting.One reason people are drawn to green walls is their suitability for small spaces. Many climbers are perfectly content with life in a\u00a0container, and watering a pot is much more simple than trying to water a wall. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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