Plants That Hang Down Over Walls

They bloom out in red flowers that are beautiful and the young beans can be eaten whole.

Plants that hang down over walls.

Cytisus x kewensis tumbling tightly over sunny walls the noticeably green twiggy branches carry short spikes of cream pea like flowers which cover the plant in spring. Others like honeysuckle twine their stems around hand holds. 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. Prefers a well drained alkaline soil.

With one bright burst of colour this hybrid between a french and a spanish species is neat and well behaved spreading and trailing much wider than its height. Like cucumbers scarlet runner beans grow on vines and are very prolific climbers. You ll have to put in a support to allow these to climb. Arrowhead plant syngonium podophyllum.

The long trailing stems will sprawl. Most people like to hang air plants in glass terrariums filled with colorful accents and trinkets. Triflora is a hanging planter for indoor plants that combines the utility of a drapery rod with the beauty of potted plants. Free flowering plants form large mats of blossoms that practically smother the plants from spring to early summer.

Keep your plant in a spot with good air circulation and plenty of bright light. Fuzzy red flowers trail down from deep green foliage earning the houseplant the nickname red hot cat s tail. Prune chenille plant to keep it healthy longer. Great for herbs succulents vine plants and more triflora hanging planter mounts to your wall or ceiling and adds.

Some vines like ivy are true climbers that use aerial roots to hold on to surfaces. Vines are among the best plants to cover walls since they climb naturally. And they re all perfect choices for hanging baskets too. 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.

A very popular plant for walls and rockeries colours range from pale lavender to pink to violet blue. A wall covered in these plants will provide plenty of green beans for your family throughout the summer. The most familiar is a soft blue gray but there are pretty variegated varieties too. Will cover a large area.

Where the soil behind the retaining wall is level or nearly level with the top of the wall trailing lantana and primrose jasmine can be planted behind the wall. Take advantage of this plant s vibrancy and hang it somewhere that needs a little color. Helichrysum is grown for its small felt like leaves.