In the trend of modern house architecture, many families prefer to decorate the walls with green pots.
With wire walls close to the walls are often considered an ideal solution to reduce heat and filter the air in the house.
However, there will be 3 basic reasons that homeowners need to consider before choosing to plant trees on the walls of their home.
Damage to the structure of the project
This is considered one of the risks of planting trees on the edge of the wall when the roots of the trees tend to grow well to find water sources, easily penetrating into small cracks at the foot of the wall, causing cracking phenomenon.
For wall climbing rope, although highly aesthetic, they have continuous moisture. This prolonged situation will create conditions for mold to grow, peeling off the protective paint and significantly reducing the life of construction materials for the house.
Environment for insects
A patch of wall covered with leaves and lack of sunlight will be an ideal environment for pests. The high humidity in this area can easily make mosquito bites, three-cavity ant, cockroach...
Especially in the rainy season or in the humid weather, the amount of water and steam accumulated in thick leaves will increase the humidity of the house, causing a feeling of squalor and affecting the respiratory health of family members.
Taking a lot of time
Maintaining a green beauty for the walls requires a lot of time and effort. These types of plantings near the wall often grow quickly, leading to the situation where the leaves obscure the window view or overflow to the neighbor's house in a short time.
The homeowner needs to spend a lot of time to do periodic pruning to help the plants grow well and avoid clogging the drainage culvert or the potholes...
If not patient enough, the green tree planting walls will quickly turn into bushy, withered and desolate areas, causing loss of aesthetics for the living space.