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Not sure what you mean by a vertical garden, but there are lots of fab climbers which will clothe the garden boundaries.


You just need to make sure you choose plants suited to the soil and to the direction the plants will face.


ETA: If they aren't self-clinging, you will need to put some vine eyes and horizontal wires onto the walls and fences, so they have something to climb on, and be prepared to tie the plants in as necessary.


Don't plant them too near the base of the wall/fence or they may get no rain. Start them off with a cane angled towards the wall/fence.


ETA: Don't do as I stupidly did and plant a load of very vigorous climbers in a very small garden, however .....

I think jack is referring to an evergreen 'Living Wall', it has it's own irrigation and drainage system... https://www.sempergreen.com/en/target-groups/consumers/living-wall-for-consumers


This is a good article on all types...https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=547

jacks09 Wrote:

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> Will be using a lot of these plants

> http://www.wallgarden.co.uk/plants.html


Worth noting that some of those plants listed aren't evergreen and will die back naturally in the Autumn/Winter leaving gaps.

Also, I'm curious what some of those plants like the Echinacea, which are tall and slender, would look like on a vertical wall, which seems better suited to trailing and clump forming plants.


> Have been thinking of holding off until Spring to

> install it as have read there is a higher chance

> of the plants "taking"


In general Spring is best, but some plants can go in at other times...

jacks09 Wrote:

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> Thanks Sue, is this from experience? Would be

> keen to hear any.

>



Not from personal experience of having one, but from personal experience of seeing a dead one .....


https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-living-wall-of-islington-is-dead-6763418.html


If memory serves, it was the irrigation which was the problem.


Don't let me put you off, but I suspect it would be quite high maintenance even in a small garden, and you would need to be very careful what plants you used if you were to keep it looking good.

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