Fences are functional to limit the property. They often seem dreary and monotonous. The picture can be made more lively with greenery, but the different climbing plants require special structures to grow.
Which plants are suitable for greening a garden fence?
In order to add greenery to a garden fence, climbing plants, spreading climbers, creeping plants and self-climbing plants are available. Choose suitable plants according to the nature of the fence, such as nasturtiums or clematis for wire fences, or climbing roses for aluminum fences. Pay attention to suitable climbing aids and liability conditions.
You can use this to add greenery to garden fences:
- Tank plants: suitable for solid elements
- Spread climbers: conquer robust trellises
- climbing plants: grow on less stable fences
- Self-climber: need a good base of attachment
climbing plants
These species develop structures that allow them to climb solid fences or less stable wire mesh. They represent a classic variant of fence greening and follow the structures of the trellis. However, you should choose the plants depending on the material used, as some species develop a high weight. The ornamental pumpkin requires sturdy fences, while nasturtiums, clematis and sweet peas find support on wire structures.
Spread Climber
Plants from this group develop spines with which they find hold on the climbing aid. Plastic fences are ideal for trees such as firethorn because they are durable and robust. Cleaning is comparatively easy as long as the vegetation is not too dense. Climbing roses, whose branches can develop a higher volume, feel comfortable on aluminum fences. It is important for both fence variants that these plants receive horizontally arranged trellises (€19.00 on Amazon) as support.
Tip
If you want to add greenery to metal fences, you have to take the increased moisture formation into account. Therefore, only plant elements made of stainless materials.
creepers
These climbing artists include many herbaceous plants that wrap themselves around the climbing aid with the help of their shoots and leaves. Typical representatives of this category are honeysuckle, knotweed and hops. Equally impressive are the morning glories, which ensure rapid greening, and the flower-loving wisteria. All you need is fence posts driven vertically into the ground. In this way they ensure selective and columnar greening.
Selfclimber
Plant species that develop special adhesive organs can do without trellises. They attach themselves to the subsoil with adhesive roots. This requires a suitable surface that allows adhesion. Fences with a rough surface, whose elements are placed at a short distance from each other, make sense. If this is not the case, you should stretch guide ropes on the fence. In addition to ivy, climbing hydrangeas or maiden vines belong to this group of climbing plants.
