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Growing Wall


Growing Wall
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Copyright: Linda Stanzel (Pepper13) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 30 N: 254] (1384)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-22
Categories: Nature, Architecture
Camera: Canon Powershot A460
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-22 21:33
Viewed: 429
Points: 2
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A long wall of ivy growing near where I work. I liked how it looked.

Hedera (English name ivy, plural ivies) is a genus of 15 species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan. On suitable surfaces (trees and rock faces), they are able to climb to at least 25–30 metres above the basal ground level.

Much has been argued as to whether ivy climbing trees will harm walls. It is generally considered that a soundly mortared wall is impenetrable to the climbing roots of ivy and will not be damaged, and is also protected from further weathering by the ivy keeping rain off the mortar. Walls with already weak or loose mortar may however be badly damaged, as the ivy is able to root into the weak mortar and further break up the wall. Subsequent removal of the ivy can be difficult, and is likely to cause more damage than the ivy itself. Modern mortars that contain portland cement and little lime are stronger than older mortar mixes that were largely composed of just sand and lime. Most mortar mixes changed to contain portland cement in the 1930s.

Regional English names for ivy include Bindwood and Lovestone (for the way it clings and grows over stones and brickwork).

“True Friends like ivy and the wall, both stand together, and together fall.” Author unknown.

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Hi Linda:
A great perspective here...
and the greens are so refreshing...
I really like the composition here:)
Congratulations!!!
David

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