ATTACHING VINES TO YOUR HOUSE

Gertrude Jekyll, Englishwoman & world's 1st landscape designer, said, When I design a landscape the first thing I consider is what to put on the house. Fascinating. College degree, uncountable lectures attended and not one person ever, ever, mentioned what to put on a house. I design with vines and espaliered woody shrubs on homes.

You can vaguely see the wires on the house, below. Vines with outward growth add a dimension of lushness & softness.

In winter, the wires are barely visible. Entirely cloaked in summer.

Run galvanized wire in horizontal lines 2' apart.

I use masonry screws for brick walls & a jackhammer drill. Copper wire doesn't carry the load of galvanized wire.

Woody shrubs espaliered against a home need no wires or trellising. Use espaliered shrubs for low maintenance.

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I took the pics last month in England at Wisley, Royal Hort. Society.

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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara