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Letter: Vines can be fine, but perhaps not in all cases

Published 8 May 2024

From Geoff Waller, Auckland, New Zealand

I take no issue with the thermal advantages of vines growing on buildings. These plants may cause few problems with certain modern brick or tight-dressed stone walls, but they can grow into, and feed off, the lime cement mortar of older buildings. Likewise, the roots rapidly get behind wooden clapboard walls. 30 March, p 44

Issue no. 3490 published 11 May 2024

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