Retaining walls should augment a garden s beauty while fulfilling their intended purpose.
Hanging plants retaining wall.
Cascading flowers for sunny retaining walls.
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 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.
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.
You might try flowering vines to add decorative effect like the following.
Creating beauty on retaining walls.
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.
It is topped with evergreen plants which give life to the wall.
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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.
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A series of retaining walls surrounding a waterfall that runs into a small creek down the hill.
This low retaining wall has been faced with brick and the area behind it filled with drought tolerant plants which can survive some neglect.
Best plants to cover walls.
Unique rock retaining wall by the sidewalk composed of various shapes and sizes creating an interesting look.
Gigantic upright agaves and large flax phormium add drama.