A second green wall on a Marks and Spencer in Sheffield has died and gone brown.

The eco feature, at the firm’s foodhall at St James Retail Park in Norton, is a far cry from the lush green splendour either side of the entrance when it opened in 2018.

It comes after a huge living wall on its Ecclesall Road supermarket died and was torn down by contractors after an apparent watering system failure.

An M&S spokesman said they had a contractor booked for the Norton store. On Ecclesall Road they intended to repair the drainage issues before replanting, he added.

The die offs sparked a debate about whether living walls are ‘greenwashing’ that can become an eyesore and fire hazard, and whether other methods, such as growing ivy, are more sustainable.