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- Plant the carport
- Plant the pillars of the carport
- Green walls for the carport
- The most beautiful climbing plants for the carport
- Plant the carport roof
With climbing plants, an open carport can even be provided with a natural roof
Plant the carport
A carport can be planted in various ways: whether roof, pillars or side walls green plants on or on the carport not only look beautiful, but also provide more shade, cleaner air and moisture. Ideas on how to plant your carport are explained below.
Plant the pillars of the carport
Who wants to green his carport selectively, which is probably sufficient to put climbing plants on the four pillars. To protect the wood of your carport, you should not choose self-climbing plants with anchored roots. These may save work, as they do not need a climbing aid, but the stubborn roots damage the carport's paint and wood. So decide better for a climbing vine without tether roots or creeping or spiraling climbing plants, which, while pulling themselves up, do not damage the carport.
Green walls for the carport
If you not only want to green the pillars of your carport, but also grow large-scale plants, you can stretch cables vertically or horizontally between your pillars or attach wire mesh and pull up beautiful climbing plants.
The most beautiful climbing plants for the carport
If you do not want to plant new plants every year at the carport, you should opt for hardy climbing plants. This includes:
Plant the carport roof
Another way to plant a carport is a green roof. Since a carport is almost always a flat roof, roof greening is usually cost-effective. However, you should make sure that the static of the carport allows a greening, because even the narrowest green roofs weigh 10 to 13 kg per square meter when wet. Therefore, for the carport usually only an extensive, so a 10 to 20cm thick layer in question. You can plant grasses, mosses and various types of sedum.