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Ivy / Safe climber
Hi all!
I'm totally new to gardening and this group, so would appreciate any help you can give! I've looked through the archive, but can't find anything completely relevant. So, thanks in advance for any help you can give! I'd very much like to plant climbers of some sort on the front and back walls of my house (a north and a south facing wall). But, the property has a history of (1) subsidence owing to wisteria on the south-facing wall abstracting water from the soil causing movement to the property (London soil), and (2) damage to brickwork from ivy on the north-facing wall. Apparently, I am going to have to remove both of these climbers. In the circumstances, can you recommend any climbers that look pretty covering houses, but which do not increase thw risk of subsidence or damage to brickwork? Do I need to find different plants, or can I keep what I have got but (1) pull them off the brickwork and mount them on trellises set back from the walls and (2) water them a lot! Many thanks for your thoughts! Sorry if these questions are really basic! All the best, Richard |
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