The bine makes an autumn. Suddenly you can see it everywhere and it makes the dullest houses look like they´ve been dressed for a party. Well partly truth too. Unfortunately there is not one climbing up on our walls but our the neighbor´s garden seems to be taken over by one. It looks so pretty. I think I´ll try to grow one myself too and try to make it survive indoor life – wouldn´t it look great to have one climbing in your bedroom wall..like you are sleeping in leaf hut. Might need to discuss about it still with my kotipunkkari.
Anyway I have heard that bine slowly and gradually eats your wall´s plastering. I don´t know how long it takes, but seems like this plant can grow everywhere and some sees it as not wanted weed plant. I think it would fit perfectly as an urban plant besides its look it would also suck CO2 and other chemicals from the air in the city centers when thinking that it grows so fast and well this up north too. Why hasn´t it been used more widely to depress the cities carbon print? There are many cool attempts to make cities more green in energy use, carbon foot print and in visual sense too. If the walls can´t handle the plant let´s plant it on the roofs then. City of Toronto has their own green roof project but planting on roofs can also be found as a creative way to interact and “do interesting things with the city space” says Dusty Gedge a well known green roof campaigner in BBC Gardening blog. When do we get one dystygedge to update this city´s sustainable house and roof gardening plans into a next level.
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