The plants grow heavier as.
Plants on concret walls distruction.
Trees near your concrete areas could push roots beneath and through the surface causing expensive damage and dangerous cracks in the slab.
Some vines such as virginia creeper parthenocissus quinquefolia zone 2 boston ivy p.
They will invade your home septic and water systems.
They move through cement in the same way as smaller plants but with much greater potential energy.
Tree roots and concrete tree roots present an even bigger potential problem for concrete surfaces.
Willow roots run deep to anchor trees and seek moisture.
The same trees that damage home foundations septic systems and pipes cause retaining walls to tumble.
Shallow and dense roots can invade foundations.
Vines are among the best plants to cover walls since they climb naturally.
Be sure the structure is solid enough to hold up the mature vine.
Attach wires or a trellis to the wall to provide support for the wall covering plants.
Silver maple acer saccharinum.
East walls in particular can be tricky places to grow flowering plants because winter frosted buds and leaves struck by the morning sun can defrost too quickly causing cell damage which makes them brown and wither.
Trailing plants to cover a wall.
Norway maple acer platanoides.
Because their roots are near the surface these trees are notorious for lifting and shifting concrete.
Others like honeysuckle twine their stems around hand holds.
Some vines like ivy are true climbers that use aerial roots to hold on to surfaces.
Tricuspidata zone 5 english ivy hedera helix zone 7 wintercreeper euonymus fortunei zone 6 and climbing hydrangea hydrangea anomala petiolaris zone 5 are self clinging.
You ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb.