How can I make vines grow on my house?

You can grow vines on your house w/out damage, as long as you make sure the vines cannot connect to anything made of wood or wood fiber.

Star Jasmine is my favorite clinging vine. It grows super fast, is very pretty and smells like a flower shop.

Good luck.

Vines That Grow On Walls

I made the mistake of growing vines on my cedar siding once; BAD idea. I had to chop the entire thing down when I repainted, plus scrape all the little suckers off that clung to the house.

I don't see a problem with planting vines on concrete though. Honeysuckle won't work however, unless it's given a support. And it gets woody so it needs a very STURDY support. Try the yellow/white kind; it's the most fragrant, and doesn't seem to be prone to powdery mildew.

Trumpet vine would work well on concrete. It sends out little suckers that will cling to anything with some texture. It takes several years to really get going, but when it starts blooming, you'll be rewarded with hummingbirds. I like the idea of several differents types of vines planted alternately; clematis paniculata (Sweet Autumn) is another choice you might be interested in. It will grow a good ten feet or more a year if planted in full sun. My sister has it growing up the bricks of her garage.

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How can I make vines grow on my house?

I love the way a house looks with vines on it. How can I acheive this look?

I am thinking that I can't grow vines over wood siding, but what about concrete? Also which vines are good? Ivy perhaps, but what about honeysuckle? How long does it take for a vine to cover a wall?

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Well, originally the vine was to "soften" the look of the house by covering expansive brick or wood siding. Unfortunately few people realize you need to prune that stuff back. Now you could have a bad problem. The vines, if they have clasping appendages, can rip out mortar between bricks, get underneath siding, get under roofing, etc. Repairs could be costly. Yes, it can promote mold underneath to say nothing of being good nesting sites for all manner or varmints, both small and big. I'd have a house inspector examine the house carefully if you are interested, you might be purchasing big trouble.

I sell Real Estate and PLEASE don't do this. Yes, it looks pretty, but it totally destroys all types of homes and is so hard to remove when you eventually need to. You can't paint, repair, or otherwise do anything to the exterior of the home if you have vines growing all over it. Eventually they creep into the brick and mortar, or under and between the wood or vinyl. Vines are totally destructive. It can also make the home harder to sell or lower it's market value, because many people know the vines are destructive and take a great deal of work to get rid of.

If you want something pretty, do an arbor with a border around it to contain the creeping vines. Also, there are other ways to "pretty up" the outside of the home, like changing the color of the trim, adding shutters, or doing landscaping.

English Ivy is the fastest growing vine on a house but it could take a few years to get a wall covered ( maybe 5 years) but remember when you cover a wall or building, you get a lot of spiders, red ants, black ants, anything that crawls inside the house plus you have birds making nests in it, butterflies nesting, pigeons, morning doves love vines and sometimes snakes crawl under the vine so think carefully before you start the vine. root pieces of vine and plant it about 12" apart and it will grow fast and GOOD LUCK i ripped it off my house

You really dont want vines to grow on the outside of your house. I cut the ivy off the chimney everytime I mow my lawn. The vines will ruin the outside of your home. With that said I have a Wysteria growing on an arbour it is beautiful and while it takes a while for it to get established and flower it is definately worth the wait.

I'd think twice about that. My parents' house had english ivy growing on it (it's a brick house) and it gets into the cracks and breaks the cement apart, and even if you pull it off, the little suckers stick in there and re sprout! Plus, if you don't keep it trimmed it will grow up through the vents and into the attic.

Another problem is that, while it's really cute to have birds nest in the ivy, and fun to watch, they have a way of attracting snakes! Many times I had to look closely before I turned on the water spigot because there was a snake lurking in the ivy!! SO, be careful.

I have a brick house and have vines all over it. They do require some work since they grow up and get thick at the top. They also grow over the windows and are very good at gripping the house. I love the look and would not be without them.