The author of the text is Szczepan Marczyński
Walls made of climbers produce oxygen, stimulate temperature fluctuations, have a relaxing effect … Climbers can be led on supports attached to the walls, and some of them are self-adhesive, even without supports or with a slight support.Climbers have special organs (sticking roots or rebates) that allow them to stick to flat, even very smooth surfaces.
The most commonly used climbers are Parthenocissus Creeper. Parthenocissus tricuspidata and its popular varieties: 'Veitchii' and 'Green Spring', whose dark green leaves in summer and red in autumn, are very regular, tile-shaped, and the rebates stick firmly to the supports, making it possible to climb high in height. (20 meters) even on smooth, stone or glass supports.
However, they are moderately frost-resistant (zone 6) and may freeze in regions of Poland with more severe climate. 5) and slower growing, which makes it possible to use it all over Poland, and especially predisposes to planting smaller objects.
An alternative to the tri-leaf creeper is Parthenocissus quinquefolia. It is very frost-resistant and undemanding.Although it is not so decorative, it is full of vigor and it grows easily all over Poland.
The best varieties for wall cladding are those with numerous, strong rebates: var. engelmanii and var. murorum, growing up to 20 meters.Star Showers with white-edged leaves will look nice on not too high dark walls. It is as hardy as the species, but it grows much weaker than it. In very hot sunlit places, it can be burnt.
Common Hedera helix ivy is often used for wall covering.It is an evergreen climber that clings to supports with adventitious roots.Plants of the cultivars 'Woerner' and 'Białystok' adhere relatively best to the walls, but they may also require support and the use of supports slightly for the first two years porous.
Common ivy and its varieties are shade-loving, so they can be planted on shaded walls or walls with a north, north-west or north-east exposure.
Common ivy and most of its varieties are moderately frost hardy (zone 6) and in regions of Poland with more severe climate it can freeze.The Polish variety 'Białystok' (zone 5B) is relatively frost resistant. .
In regions of Poland with the mildest climate, the walls may be covered with Hedera colchica ivy (zone 6B / 7) and its varieties, e.g. 'Dentata' or 'Dentata Variegata' with large, evergreen, attractive leaves.
