A carport can be planted in a variety of ways: Whether it’s on the roof, pillars or side walls, green plants on or on the carport not only look beautiful, they also provide more shade, cleaner air and moisture. You can find ideas on how to plant your carport below.

With climbing plants, an open carport can even be provided with a natural roof

Plant the pillars of the carport

If you want to green your carport selectively, it is probably sufficient to place climbing plants on the four pillars. In order to protect the wood of your carport, you should not choose self-climbing plants with adhesive roots. Although these save work because they do not need a climbing aid, the stubborn roots damage the paintwork and wood of the carport. It is therefore better to opt for a climbing plant without adhesive roots or twining or twining climbing plants that pull themselves up but do not damage the carport.

Green walls for the carport

If you not only want to green the pillars of your carport, but want to grow larger plants, you can stretch ropes vertically and horizontally between your pillars or attach wire mesh (€14.99) and use them to 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 wintergreen varieties Dreamy flowers
ivy periwinkle Poisonous, clinging roots!
Firethorn Mostly evergreen Fiery red berries
bell vine Not evergreen Nice big flowers
climbing hydrangea There are few evergreen varieties Flowers profusely and mostly white
climbing rose semi-evergreen (short leafless period) Romantically beautiful flowers in many different colors
climbing spindle Mostly evergreen There are varieties with patterned foliage
Mandevilla (Dipladenia) Not evergreen Vibrantly colored flowers
star jasmine There are evergreen varieties Smells similar to real jasmine
Wild Wine Not evergreen Impressive autumn colors
bindweed Not evergreen Beautiful white flowers

Plant the carport roof

Another way of planting a carport is with a green roof. Since a carport is almost always a flat roof, green roofs are usually inexpensive. However, you should make sure that the statics of the carport allows greening, because even the narrowest green roof weighs 10 to 13 kg per square meter when wet. Therefore, only an extensive layer, i.e. a 10 to 20 cm thick layer, is usually suitable for the carport. Grasses, mosses and various types of sedum can be planted on it.

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