You shouldn't just choose plants intuitively based on photos, because sometimes the flowering period is very short, for example. Many species also shine with leaves rather than flowers. Trellis fruit, on the other hand, and vines in particular - described in great detail on FassadenGrün - need a lot of care...

If we only had local plants, the palette would look bleak. Only ivy, hops, honeysuckle, wild roses (Rosa canina), vines with tiny berries and Clematis vitalba would be available. But these plants are not often found on façades. They are unspectacular. Sure, there are ivy houses, and in Hildesheim at the cathedral, see below, the 1000-year-old ‘Rosa canina’ grows. But then the air gets pretty thin in terms of other great examples.

So, what would façade greening be without the immigrant, assertive climbing plants! Some people are afraid of them, such as the Swiss, where the maiden vine and Japanese honeysuckleeither have to carry a warning label and are ‘bullied’ or are even banned by decree. Unbelievable - two of the best climbing plants outlawed…

.... are not automatically all climbing plants, but some are even more so. Especially those that flower vigorously and are fragrant! Bees and co. are not so particular about their origin, they also like to collect pollen and nectar from ‘foreign’ plants, e.g. the three-lobed wild vine. You can find out more about this under ‘Animal welfare’.

The range has been constantly expanding for around 300 years. Details can be found with the individual plants or under ‘Style eras’. Now a conclusion has been reached, only now and then new cultivars are added, e.g. climbing roses.