wallplant

From wall +‎ plant.

wallplant (plural wallplants)

1. A plant that grows on a wall.
   • 1959, Lawrence D[onegan] Hills, “Dictionary of Propagation — Seed”, in The Propagation of Alpines, 2nd edition, Sakonnet, R.I.: Theophrastus, published 1976, →ISBN, page 194:

     A[ethionema] grandiflorum. As above. A strong wallplant true from seed. Long lived or deep pink specimens merit cutting propagation.

   • 1981, Karl Hansen, “The Ballad of Lady Blue”, in Roy Torgeson, editor, Chrysalis, volume 9, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 105:

     Sunlight streamed through the leaves of wallplants to be caught in her fur.

   • 1986, Tim Robinson, “Point of Arrival”, in Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage, London: Penguin Books in association with The Lilliput Press, published 1990, →ISBN, page 225:

     The ivy-leaved toadflax it is, an exquisite little purple-flowered wallplant, very common around Galway docks but only recently come here, no doubt on the heels of some visitor, and so far restricted to this its point of arrival (though, most mysteriously, it is well established in fissures of the crags of Inis Meáin some way from any houses).

   • 1987, Royal Horticultural Society, “Gardening Round the Year”, in Gardeners’ Guide and Calendar: A Guide to Gardening Through the Year, London: Macdonald Orbis, →ISBN, page 132:

     SHRUBS, CLIMBERS AND WALLPLANTS

   • 1988, Graham Rose, “Romantic Plant Charts”, in The Romantic Garden: A Guide to Creating a Beautiful and Private Garden Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, “Planting the Garden” section, page 134, column 1:

     In these charts, approximate sizes have been given tor trees, shrubs, climbers and wallplants.

   • 1988 August, Roger MacBride Allen, chapter 19, in Farside Cannon, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 238:

     Bunnies. Rabbits. How else do you think we keep the wallplants under control?