Creepers Climbing Up Around the Home
See how these beautiful vines transform boring walls and bare spaces into green wonderlands
Climbing and creeper plants tend to be able to wrap themselves around just about anything. Left to her own devices, Mother Nature does a pretty wonderful job at decorating with them. From old ruins enveloped in ivy to innovative new builds such as One Central Park in Sydney, where climbers creep up the exterior, there’s something beautiful about giving these plants a blank canvas to work with. Here are some beautiful ways creepers have been used on Houzz.
Make it a feature
If your window has a boring outlook, why not spruce it up by adding some greenery? This home in Melbourne by Nest Architects dresses up a red brick wall with some diagonally growing ivy.
If your window has a boring outlook, why not spruce it up by adding some greenery? This home in Melbourne by Nest Architects dresses up a red brick wall with some diagonally growing ivy.
Create a serene view
There’s something very relaxing about looking out onto greenery, especially when you’re living in an urban setting. This homeowner has used creepers to make the bathroom outlook more appealing while soaking in the bathtub.
There’s something very relaxing about looking out onto greenery, especially when you’re living in an urban setting. This homeowner has used creepers to make the bathroom outlook more appealing while soaking in the bathtub.
Splashing about
These homeowners have made the creeper on their side fence a real feature in their kitchen. By using a ribbon window, the greenery has been highlighted to appear as though it’s serving as a splashback.
These homeowners have made the creeper on their side fence a real feature in their kitchen. By using a ribbon window, the greenery has been highlighted to appear as though it’s serving as a splashback.
Living green inside and out
This eco-friendly home in Queensland promotes the idea of green living both laterally and literally. A custom-made pergola was fitted in the kitchen area, which the creeper vine growing within can wrap itself around.
This eco-friendly home in Queensland promotes the idea of green living both laterally and literally. A custom-made pergola was fitted in the kitchen area, which the creeper vine growing within can wrap itself around.
Transforming an industrial space
This industrial-style courtyard is made more inviting with the use of vines creeping up the brick wall from oxidised planter boxes. While the vines are bare at the moment, as time goes by, the wall will be taken over by these thriving creepers.
This industrial-style courtyard is made more inviting with the use of vines creeping up the brick wall from oxidised planter boxes. While the vines are bare at the moment, as time goes by, the wall will be taken over by these thriving creepers.
Let them take over
One of the most beautiful characteristics of a creeper is that left to their own devices, they take over a blank canvas. This home has almost been completely engulfed in this creeper, which is simply cut back at the windows so that sunlight can still flood the interiors.
One of the most beautiful characteristics of a creeper is that left to their own devices, they take over a blank canvas. This home has almost been completely engulfed in this creeper, which is simply cut back at the windows so that sunlight can still flood the interiors.
Peeping through the window
Instead of cutting back the creeper in her home, Sibella Court has let the vines from the exterior of the home grow in through her bathroom window.
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Instead of cutting back the creeper in her home, Sibella Court has let the vines from the exterior of the home grow in through her bathroom window.
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Softening hard surfaces
This beautiful garden in Melbourne belongs to two gardening enthusiasts who transformed their hard-surfaced space into a green sanctuary. They have let their creepers overtake the front of their home and walls, which immerses them in nature right in the heart of the city.
This beautiful garden in Melbourne belongs to two gardening enthusiasts who transformed their hard-surfaced space into a green sanctuary. They have let their creepers overtake the front of their home and walls, which immerses them in nature right in the heart of the city.
Real mature
Without this well-maintained star jasmine, this pergola may have looked bare. The gorgeous Sydney water view somehow looks more spectacular as it’s softened by the abundant foliage. This creeper was planted almost 15 years ago, and demonstrates how beautiful this plant can look when it reaches full maturity.
Without this well-maintained star jasmine, this pergola may have looked bare. The gorgeous Sydney water view somehow looks more spectacular as it’s softened by the abundant foliage. This creeper was planted almost 15 years ago, and demonstrates how beautiful this plant can look when it reaches full maturity.
Mysterious pathways
The ivy that has taken over these pillars along this curving pathway create an element of mystery similar to that in The Secret Garden.
The ivy that has taken over these pillars along this curving pathway create an element of mystery similar to that in The Secret Garden.
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This beautiful garden in Melbourne, designed by Myles Broad of Eckersley Garden Architecture, is the perfect outdoor space to entertain in. In the dining area, Parthenocissus quinquefolia ‘Virginia creeper’ has been planted to drape from the pergola to create a whimsical look.
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