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Hiding a garage
On 07/11/2013 13:02, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
Our new bungalow has a detached concrete slab type of garage with an asbestos roof. The roof is covered in green moss and so it doesn't look so bad. The walls look awful as they just plain concrete. We want something to cover the walls. So far we have one of those fast growing vines and two virginia creepers growing up the walls but it would be nice to have smething growing down from the moss covered roof. Any ideas? Steve It seems to me that if you grow anything substantial down from the roof, it will eventually block the light reaching the existing vines. This is apart from (as has already been said) there being very little sustenance for any plant to grow in up there. You either have to be patient or, if you really want to grow something on the roof, have it structurally assessed before setting up a roof garden. Even the usual roof garden planting (sedums, sempervivums, etc.) does not hang down, but it will attract bees and other insects. If your garden were large enough and you had a vacant sunny plot next to the garage, you could build a pergola along the length of the miscreant wall, and grow wisteria. That would be a considerable distraction! -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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