[Greenbuilding] Living Walls

[Reuben Deumling]

I'm tempted to construct a basically permament trellis for supporting
climbing roses along a south-facing wall. Is there a distance anyone would
recommend between trellis and wall. To paint I would need several feet, of
course. The paint currently is new, but flawed--blistering etc.
Option (1) wait to construct trellis until wall is very well painted and
build it closer (how close?)
Option (2) build trellis now with enough distance to be able to comfortably
paint.
Option (3) ?
Any ideas welcome.
Reuben Deumling

On 10/31/06, Laren Corie <LarenCorie at axilar.net> wrote:
>
> I hope this doesn't sound irreverent, but it seems to me that
> a discussion on this subject should at least include a mention
> of the single, extremely popular form of living walls........vines.
> Call it "living wall lite" if you wish, but vines are very functional.
> I spent years with this:living wall on my house......no watering.
> http://www.axilar.net/~larencorie/Trek.jpg
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