Are climbing plants damaging your home? What you need to know before training a climber up a brick wall

Exterior of a Georgian house with wisteria growing up the walls, a pale paved patio and wrought iron garden table and chairs.

Are climbing plants damaging your home? It's a long-standing debate, with some homeowner saying that they've never had any problems with the beautiful wisteria climbing up the front of their house, while others cite it as the cause of subsidence, damp and crumbling brickwork.

With such high stakes at play, we turned to the experts to find out whether your climbing plants are actually damaging your home. And if so, is there a way to have the best of both worlds?