Container plants

[beatts]

Hi

I have a fully block paved front drive, right up to the house and woud like to train virgina creeper to climb up the front of the house.

My question is this, can virginia creeper remain in a container or must it go in the ground?

thanks

beatts

 

[homertimpson]

Found this on a gardening website via Google.

Q:I would like to grow a Virginia Creeper on the front outside wall of our bungalow. Two questions: Will it damage the property in any way The area is relatively small and I wondered whether the plant could be grown in a tub as there is no soil within several feet of the property .

Barry Childs - Lincoln

A: The Virginia Creeper fixes itself to the wall by means of sticky tipped tendrils that attatach themselves to the bricks, so if the brickwork and mortar are in good condition when the plant is put in then all will be well. Certainly the plant coule be grown in a large container but remember that you must be vigilant with the watering and feed the plant during the spring and summer.

Homer

 

[JohnD]

presumably it will die when you go away on holiday or for some other reason don't water it.

Why not take up a slab and put it in the ground?