Plant the pillars of the carport
If you want to green your carport selectively, it is probably enough to put climbing plants on the four pillars. To protect the wood of your carport, you should not choose self-climbing plants with sticky roots. These save work, as they do not need a climbing aid, but the stubborn roots damage the paint and wood of the carport. So it is better to opt for a climbing climber without adherent roots or looping or looping plants. twisting climbing plants that pull themselves up but do not damage the carport.
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Green walls for the carport
If you not only want to green the pillars of your carport, but also want to grow large-scale plants, you can stretch ropes vertically and horizontally between your pillars or Wire mesh(€ 65.90 at Amazon *) attach and pull up beautiful climbing plants.
The most beautiful climbing plants for the carport
If you don't want to put new plants on the carport every year, you should opt for hardy climbing plants. This includes:
| Surname | Wintergreen | particularities |
|---|---|---|
| Wisteria | Not evergreen | Grape-like, blue-purple flowers |
| Clematis (Clematis) | There are evergreen varieties | Dreamlike flowers |
| ivy | Evergreen | Poisonous, sticky roots! |
| Firethorn | Mostly evergreen | Fire-red berries |
| Bell vine | Not evergreen | Nice, large flowers |
| Climbing hydrangea | There are few evergreen varieties | Flowers profuse and mostly white |
| Climbing rose | Semi-winter green (short leafless period) | Romantically beautiful flowers in many different colors |
| Climbing spindle | Mostly evergreen | There are varieties with patterned foliage |
| Mandevilla (Dipladenia) | Not evergreen | Vividly colored flowers |
| Star jasmine | There are evergreen varieties | Smells similar to real jasmine |
| Wild Wine | Not evergreen | Impressive autumn colors |
| Winch | Not evergreen | Beautiful white flowers |
Plant the carport roof
Another way to plant a carport is one Green roof. Since a carport is almost always a flat roof, green roofs are usually inexpensive. However, you should make sure that the structure of the carport allows for greening, because even the narrowest green roof weighs 10 to 13 kg per square meter when wet. For this reason, only an extensive layer, i.e. a 10 to 20 cm thick layer, is usually considered for the carport. Grasses, mosses and various sedum species can be planted on it.
