Pergola with plants: The disadvantages for your pergola
Grayson Whitaker
On the one hand, your own garden offers space for a new hobby, but also a breathtaking variety of design options - including in the form of pergolas or a pergola with plants.
Although the combination of pergola and plants can often create a stunning aesthetic, not every pergola is suitable for plant decoration. In addition to some advantages, there is also a list of disadvantages that you should consider before purchasing any climbing plants.
Why you should enhance your pergola with plants
You can add a few additions to your garden that provide visual anchor points and more functionality. Many people build one Winter garden on or lay one down Glass patio cover to. A high quality, stable one Pergola but also brings functionality to your garden:
- It defines your space and divides it clearly.
- It expands your design options.
- It extends your living space into the outdoors.
In addition to these functional aspects, a good pergola from PERGOLUX brings other advantages directly to your garden:
- Protection from many weather influences
- More shadows
- Increased value of the property
- Increased aesthetic appeal of the house and garden
- More privacy
Thanks to its robust construction, a pergola offers longevity and low maintenance. It is also versatile and can be adapted to different styles, giving family and friends a nice meeting place.
Which is why many people decorate their pergola with plants
More and more people are choosing a new one Pergola with slatted roof or one Pergola-Pavillon. Quite a few of them also want to get attractive plants for this pergola because they hope for more advantages:
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Even more peace:
Your pergola provides shade and plants can contribute to this with a vibrant, lush roof - as well as privacy.
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Colors, patterns, life:
Plants are reshaping many things with their diverse appearance and their seasonally staggered flowering times.
- Connection to nature:
- On the one hand, it is often about even more plant splendor, but also about a new habitat for many useful garden helpers.
Covering your pergola in green can create a true nature experience in your own garden. It also provides a great opportunity for garden lovers to express their skills and creativity.
The Disadvantages of Planting Your Pergola
Although a pergola with plants offers a lot of visual appeal, these decoration ideas do not only bring advantages. Not every pergola is built or equally suitable for plants as decoration. In addition, many of these plants require their own special care. Therefore, you should consider the following disadvantages for your pergola due to plants - especially if your pergola is made of aluminum:
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Heat conduction:
Materials such as aluminum are already very good conductors of heat, which is why their structures can heat up significantly when exposed to direct sunlight. Many plants that are sensitive to high temperatures would be damaged on such a pergola.
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Condensation:
Another disadvantage could be that the pergola plants are too humid. Despite your plants' watering needs, metals like aluminum are prone to condensation when temperatures fluctuate. This moisture can last for a long time and keep your pergola plants permanently moist. This often promotes the development of fungal diseases among the plants, which makes keeping them even more difficult.
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Chemical reactions:
Many substances react with other substances - aluminum is no exception. Your aluminum pergola can be damaged by plants or get unattractive stains. This is particularly beneficial if your pergola is not properly coated. Acids that arise, for example, from the breakdown of organic materials can leave their mark.
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Structural load:
Although aluminum is known for its strength and durability, plants can put a lot of structural stress on your pergola. Plants always bring their own weight with them and climbing plants in particular grow densely and spread over the entire pergola. Not every pergola is designed to accommodate additional plant weight.
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Maintenance effort:
A big advantage of aluminum pergolas is their low maintenance. Adding plants to your pergola quickly negates this low-maintenance nature: plants require regular care such as watering, pruning and pest control.
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Design and aesthetics:
Some pergolas look best when kept minimalist. This applies even more to aluminum pergolas, as their design is often kept modern. A lush display of pergola plants often doesn't go well with this. The plants could change the appearance of the pergola significantly and in an undesirable way.
Alternatives for designing your pergola and plants
There are still ways you can design both your pergola and the plants. For your pergola itself, for example, you can use minimalist lighting. With The LED-lights or adjustable light, you can create an atmospheric atmosphere, especially in the evening, and thus your Decorate pergola.
After the pergola, your plants can still be integrated into your garden and enrich it with further diversity. The following options are particularly suitable for this:
- Freestanding planters
- Modular planting systems
- Climbing plants on separate structures
If your pergola is not directly compatible with plants, you can spread your plants around the garden and complement other structures such as walls or walls. With these solutions it is also important to adapt the density and number of plants to the garden flair so that nothing appears overloaded.
With PERGOLUX you can find the right pergola – even without plants!
To ensure that your pergola complements your garden meaningfully and in the long term, even without plants, buy your pergola from PERGOLUX - your experienced partner in garden design. With us you get attractive designs, high quality and long durability for your pergola.
We would also be happy to take on the work of setting up your pergola for the plants and offer you our professional, first-class assembly service. Before that, we would also be happy to advise you on which pergola is best suited to your plans and will fit fantastically into your garden. Please contact us via telephone, video call or chat.
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