For outdoor style and adding loads of curb appeal, few things top the timelessness, simplicity and style of a climbing vine. Fresh and festive, with flowers or without, we adore this look for turning a plain exterior into something extraordinary.
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Good Morning Girls, Climbing vines give a storybook look to a home, creating magical spots. Would love to be enclosed in an outdoor room with walls of vines!!! L Patty
I love the look of climbing vines on houses and since i tend to live in older homes i have had experience living in them. As beautiful as they are there are pluses and minuses of living in homes that do have them. On the good side they attract various birds and outdoor life which is nice and lovely to have around you and your surrounding yard.However, that being said depending on what kind of vines you chose to use prepare to have your landscaper come and make regular visits to spray the vines attached to your home because all kinds of bugs, ants, spiders, and outdoor wild life make their homes within the attached vines and unless you want this in your house then spraying must be done on a regular basis even though i really do not like killing anything that makes its home outdoors, I do use organic gardening on my yard but i really do not know of anything you could spray onto an older two or three story home that would deter outdoor wildlife from nesting in the attached vines on the outside walls of an older home.Therefore i would suggest if you are planning on using this type of our door greenery on your outer walls by all means have a good long talk with your landscaper before you install anything because he may very well be able to suggest something you can use on them on a regular basis to keep them off the walls and vines and out of your home so you can enjoy the beauty of them and in many cases the smell like with climbing roses or Honeysuckle vines as just a couple of examples..Various Ivy is a great choice but again after the years pass it becomes very dense and attracts a lot of somewhat unpleasant outdoor wildlife.plus you will have to occasionally have to remove some of it to allow it to breathe.. The best solution is to know and understand the maintenance you will surely have if you chose to use it outside on your exterior walls.as beautiful as it may be,,,,
I’m a big fan of climbing vines too and I’m nurturing some growing on my home as well. My favorite form of climbers are espaliers, which I’d love to have but don’t have the inclination or expertise to attempt them. Last year, while driving through the beautiful countryside of Belgium, I was so taken by the fact that nearly every home had an espalier. They used them as fencing and dividing lines between properties, not just up against structures, and it was so beautiful I wanted to stop and take pictures of them all.
I love climbers. I had the most beautiful New Dawn roses at my last house. I plan on a few climbers here in North Carolina too. I planted pink and white New Dawn roses around my master bedroom window. I also want to plant climbing hydrangea on the new garden wall—check in for results. xo, lissy
While we love the more formal look of an espalier, there’s something so fresh and carefree about wisteria and roses. We have a wisteria on our porch that goes out of control when we don’t cut it back and if we’re not careful, will cover the furniture. Thanks for the pretty post, ladies! xxoo C + C
Good Morning Girls,
Climbing vines give a storybook look to a home, creating magical spots. Would love to be enclosed in an outdoor room with walls of vines!!!
L Patty
I love the look of climbing vines on houses and since i tend to live in older homes i have had experience living in them. As beautiful as they are there are pluses and minuses of living in homes that do have them. On the good side they attract various birds and outdoor life which is nice and lovely to have around you and your surrounding yard.However, that being said depending on what kind of vines you chose to use prepare to have your landscaper come and make regular visits to spray the vines attached to your home because all kinds of bugs, ants, spiders, and outdoor wild life make their homes within the attached vines and unless you want this in your house then spraying must be done on a regular basis even though i really do not like killing anything that makes its home outdoors,
I do use organic gardening on my yard but i really do not know of anything you could spray onto an older two or three story home that would deter outdoor wildlife from nesting in the attached vines on the outside walls of an older home.Therefore i would suggest if you are planning on using this type of our door greenery on your outer walls by all means have a good long talk with your landscaper before you install anything because he may very well be able to suggest something you can use on them on a regular basis to keep them off the walls and vines and out of your home so you can enjoy the beauty of them and in many cases the smell like with climbing roses or Honeysuckle vines as just a couple of examples..Various Ivy is a great choice but again after the years pass it becomes very dense and attracts a lot of somewhat unpleasant outdoor wildlife.plus you will have to occasionally have to remove some of it to allow it to breathe..
The best solution is to know and understand the maintenance you will surely have if you chose to use it outside on your exterior walls.as beautiful as it may be,,,,
I’m a big fan of climbing vines too and I’m nurturing some growing on my home as well. My favorite form of climbers are espaliers, which I’d love to have but don’t have the inclination or expertise to attempt them. Last year, while driving through the beautiful countryside of Belgium, I was so taken by the fact that nearly every home had an espalier. They used them as fencing and dividing lines between properties, not just up against structures, and it was so beautiful I wanted to stop and take pictures of them all.
I’m a big fan of vines and on these particular houses they provide the icing. Loved this post.
Karen
That “design studio” gave me chills…gorgeous!! franki
Beautiful…..I love climbing vines!
I love climbers. I had the most beautiful New Dawn roses at my last house. I plan on a few climbers here in North Carolina too. I planted pink and white New Dawn roses around my master bedroom window. I also want to plant climbing hydrangea on the new garden wall—check in for results.
xo, lissy
Yes, yes, yes! Love the climbing vines, especially the roses…..so romantic and charming! Thanks for sharing!
xo
Holly
While we love the more formal look of an espalier, there’s something so fresh and carefree about wisteria and roses. We have a wisteria on our porch that goes out of control when we don’t cut it back and if we’re not careful, will cover the furniture. Thanks for the pretty post, ladies!
xxoo
C + C