{"id":219132,"date":"2024-04-01T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/why-ivy-growing-on-your-walls-may-actually-be-beneficial\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:32","slug":"why-ivy-growing-on-your-walls-may-actually-be-beneficial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/why-ivy-growing-on-your-walls-may-actually-be-beneficial\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ivy growing on your walls may actually be beneficial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/26161815\/SEI_196639070.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image alignnone size-full wp-image-2424385 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"PP65DP Building with climber plants, ivy growing on the wall and grass on the floor. Ecology and green living in city, urban environment concept.\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Andrey Khokhlov\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>I AM always surprised by how often gardening, a pursuit ostensibly all about communing with nature, can be so driven by fear. One of the most common questions I get from concerned gardeners is how to remove the supposed scourge of climbing plants, like ivy, from walls. The thinking behind this is that climbers shatter brickwork and can cause profound structural damage to buildings. But when you actually look at the science, very few of these fears are based on any evidence. And frequently, the exact opposite is true.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0360132320303899\">study<\/a> from the Royal Horticultural Society and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134840-600-why-ivy-growing-on-your-walls-may-actually-be-beneficial\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] I AM always surprised by how often gardening, a pursuit ostensibly all about communing with nature, can be so driven by fear. 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