Don’t plant near any pipes, if you have installed a drainage system in or around your retaining walls. If possible, plant trees in front of – not behind – the retaining wall in order to minimise potential damage from the tree’s roots. (Image credit: Elizabeth Whiting & Associates / Alamy Stock Photo) Can I plant a tree next to a retaining wall? Once established many wall plants (such as Mexican fleabane) will self-sow into the nooks and crannies of walls. Within the wall: If you have a wall that has crevices in it, suitable plants for retaining walls (such as wall campanula) can be planted into those gaps, from where they will cascade down.Self-clinging plants (such as ivy) will make their own way up alternatively, climbing plants such as roses can be trained up the wall by attaching trellis or wires and tying them into it as they climb. From below: It is sometimes possible to plant climbers at the base of the wall.This is the most common method of prettifying or covering retaining walls with plants. From there, suitable creeping and trailing plants will cascade attractively down the wall. From above: Most retaining walls have soil at the top of the wall, which can be a haven to plants for growing in walls.Trim after flowering to keep the plants bushy. Plant them in well-drained soil at the top of retaining walls, in gaps in walls, or the corners of steps as edging plants. It loves cracks and crevices in paving and walls, where it forms a spreading airy mat of adorable pink and white daisies.Įrigeron karvinskianus is the species, but the lesser known variety ‘Lavender Lady’ has pale pink-purple daisies. This cottage garden plant earns its place as one of the best plants for retaining walls, flowering for months – sometimes from spring right into the end of fall – and sowing itself around the garden. (Image credit: dbphots / Alamy Stock Photo)
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