If you would like to add some beauty to the fences or exterior walls of your home, you may want to consider vertical gardens. This unique gardening technique uses the help of vine flowers and plants to grow upwards making them the perfect vertical gardens.

With a vertical garden, you can choose from a variety of flowering vines. You can use various techniques that allow the vines to grow up the sides of your house as well as the fence. You will learn here some of the popular ways people attach the vines to their homes to create beautiful vertical gardens.

Vertical gardens are great for homes that have limited outdoor space that limit the options for growing conventional gardens. These gardens also consist of hanging planters that can be placed on porches, fence posts, or hung from a balcony. No matter where you live, you can usually create a vertical garden.

What to Use for Vertical Gardens

You can use a trellis, string, fishing line or a mesh fabric to start your vertical garden. The trellis is generally made of wood or iron. The theory behind the vertical garden is, as long as you provide an object for the vines to attach themselves to, you will eventually have a wall of beauty.

If you plant around fences, the vines will grow up by attaching to the wood or iron fence. Brick exterior houses usually need no added help as the vines will usually attach themselves to the rough brick exterior.

What Plants to Use in Vertical Gardens

Climbing roses are a favorite for this type of garden, as is the Clematis. Other popular plants used by home owners are morning glories, honeysuckle, ivy and in some areas, grape vines. When you think about the different colors and varieties of these plant types, you can add plenty of color to your outdoor area that will look very elegant.

You can also add hanging basket plants such as carnations, petunias, daisies and geraniums, to name a few. Hanging baskets can be hung up high or at eye level. The ability to make vertical gardens gives everyone the opportunity to have a beautiful display of color anywhere.

Another type of vertical garden is the stacked box vertical garden. These gardens consist of square boxes stacked on top of each other in an upward direction. You then plant your plants inside with the flowers pointing out. This makes a box garden that can be used indoors or out.

These gardens also make excellent poolside gardens without the hassle of pulling weeds or protecting it from the chorine of the pool water. Vertical gardens are a spectacular site for all who plant them and enjoy them.

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Brought to you as a courtesy from the Balcony Gardens Center, a member of the Unique Gardens network.