Gardening climbing plants
20 Best Climbing Plants for Your Garden
By Arricca Elin SanSone
Published Sep 14, 2021
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Whether you have a tiny balcony garden or a big, rambling yard filled with flowers of all types, there’s always room to grow up. Plants that grow vertically add interest, provide screening and privacy, and offer beautiful options for your garden’s visiting pollinators. So what makes for the best climbing plants for your space? Glad you asked. Here’s what you should know—as well as a roundup of our favorites to try.
Vines or climbers may be either annual or perennial; if you choose a perennial type, which will return for many years, make sure it’s suited to survive winters in your USDA Hardiness Zone (find yours here). Many annuals grow well from seed, though it’s a little late in the season to start most of them now. That said, autumn is a great time to plant perennials because the temperatures are milder and rainfall more plentiful. Just make sure any perennial is in the ground at least 6 weeks before freezing weather arrives in your area to ensure your plant’s roots get established. Also, make sure you install a trellis or other support when planting so you won’t disturb the plant later.
With those tips in mind, you’re ready to start planning out your greenery. Here are our favorite climbing plants for every garden:
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1. Morning Glory
This old-fashioned annual is easy to grow from seed; soak the seeds overnight to help them germinate more quickly, then sow in spring after all danger of frost is past. Its pretty pink, purple, lavender, white or pinwheel-colored flowers are amazing twining up a mailbox or fence from mid-summer onward.
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2. Black-eyed Susan Vine
This cheery annual vine can get really big, up to 3 feet! It’s annual in most of the country, but in warm climates, it will bloom year after year.
Give it plenty of space and a large trellis.
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3. Honeysuckle
The sweet scent of honeysuckle is irresistible to pollinators such as bees and hummingbirds. Make sure you buy the non-invasive types, Lonicera sempervivens or Lonicera pericylmenum, not the invasive Japanese type (Lonicera japonica), which will take over your garden. This perennial is a great addition for color and scent, but give it a sturdy trellis.
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4. Clematis
This perennial is a lovely addition to any garden because it’s available in hundreds of varieties. Read the label to be sure what you’re getting because bloom times vary from spring to fall, while some prefer more shade, others more sun.
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5. Mandevilla
This stunning plant with tropical flair keeps blooming all summer long, and it loves the heat.
Give it afternoon shade in the hottest climates. Mandevilla is considered annual in most of the country but can survive year-round in hot climates.
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6. Moon Flower
A relative of morning glory, this annual blooms later in the day. Plant it where you can enjoy its luminous white flowers as you sit out in the evenings. Soak the seeds overnight to jumpstart germination.
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7. Cypress Vine
This annual has scarlet, hot pink or pure white flowers and eye-catching fern-like foliage. It’s actually an heirloom type of morning glory, so it readily climbs anything in its path.
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8. Climbing Rose
The sweetness and romance of roses can’t be denied, and they’re actually super-hardy plants. Climbers need a strong trellis, arbor or fence to cover, and they’ll occasionally need some direction or tying up to keep them draping over your choice of support.
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9. Sweet Pea
Early spring is the time to plant these pretty flowers. They prefer cool weather, and most are annuals, though you can find some heirloom varieties that are perennial. Read the plant tag or description to know what you’re buying.
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10. Star Jasmine
This warm climate perennial has delicate white flowers with incredible scent. It’s a fast grower, so give it a strong trellis to climb.
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11. Chocolate Vine
Chocolate vine has interesting leaves and purple flowers in early summer. Keep it in a large pot to contain its growth because it is considered invasive in some parts of the country.
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12. Virginia Creeper
If you’re looking for a fast climber with bright red autumn color, Virginia creeper is a great option. Self-clinging aerial roots will cling to any surface such as walls or trees without damaging the structure or plant.
The plant can reach 20 to 30 feet tall.
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13. Hyacinth Bean
This fast-growing plant will cover an arbor in a hurry. It has dark green foliage with pretty purple flowers that turn into dark purple pods. It loves the heat and blooms all summer long. It’s considered perennial in warmer climates. A new variety has white flowers and silvery pods.
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14. American Wisteria
The lovely, draping forms of wisteria blossoms in the spring are a welcome sight after a long winter! Their fragrant purple clusters of this perennial attract butterflies and bees. Make sure to plant a native version, not the Chinese varieties, which can become invasive. New types rebloom, too.
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15. False Hydrangea Vine
This lesser-known plant is a gorgeous perennial for part-shade locations. The frothy pink or white flowers appear in spring, and it won’t harm walls or trees as it climbs.
Give it a few seasons to really take off.
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16. Climbing Hydrangea
This perennial vine looks like false hydrangea, but its flowers are white only and resemble the blooms on a hydrangea bush. Give it plenty of room to grow; it can reach heights of 30 feet, but its clinging rootlets won’t damage walls or trees like some vines, such as English ivy (which is considered invasive).
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17. Passion Flower Vine
This exotic-looking heirloom vine has beautiful purple striped flowers. It can be challenging to get the seeds to germinate, so purchase the plants when possible. In cold climates, this perennial vine dies back to the ground. To keep it in check in the South, prune to control growth in the spring.
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18. Scarlet Runner Bean
Yes, this easy-to-grow heirloom bean is edible (and so are the flowers!).
Pick the pods fresh or let them dry as shelling beans. It’s also incredibly easy to grow, has exquisite flowers, and attracts tons of pollinators. By late summer, this fast grower will cover an arch or trellis. Sit back and watch the hummingbirds flock to it.
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19. Nasturtium
This annual has rounded leaves and lovely flowers in saturated colors ranging from hot pink to salmon. It actually trails out of pots and window boxes, but you can gently train it up a short trellis for a more upright appearance. Soak the seeds overnight before planting to speed up germination. Bonus: Both the leaves and flowers are edible.
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20. Firecracker Vine
Exotic-looking tubular flowers in bright colors make this vine a fun addition to your pollinator garden. It’s grown as an annual in much of the country but will work as a perennial in warm climates.
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30 Best Climbing Plants For All Gardens
Climbing plants are great garden helpers, useful for disguising eyesores or covering a bare wall or fence with flowers and foliage.
They can bring brightness to even the smallest garden without taking up much room on the ground, instead reaching vertically to clothe whatever trellis or structure you choose.
It is worth paying attention to the eventual height a climber will reach before you choose to plant it – some types grow only to head height, while others are so vigorous they will reach for the roof and keep going. Also take note of any pruning requirements to make sure you will be able to easily access and tend any plants that do need to be cut back in the future.
Some climbers twine around or hook onto their supports as they grow, while others have adapted to stick onto surfaces through aerial roots or suckers. However all of them will usually need a little help holding on while they establish, so at first should be guided along garden canes or pea sticks and tied in gently with garden twine.
To help large climbers scramble up a wall or fence, install lines of galvanised wire held on by screw eyes, set horizontally up the surface about half a metre apart.
For less vigorous plants, obelisks and wigwam or tepee-style tripods are a great choice to give height and support climbers in a border.
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Best climbing plants for scent
1. Japanese wisteria
Wisteria is stunning with fragrant grape-like clusters of flower racemes cascading in shades of purple-blue and white in spring. But these woody deciduous climbers get big so need lots of space and support, and a twice yearly pruning to keep them well behaved and flowering profusely. A good cultivar to search for is W. floribunda ‘Multijuga’, which has the longest blooms, draping down almost 1m each. BUY NOW
2. Sweet peas
For scent, nothing beats sweet peas, which can be sown undercover from February, or bought in early spring as seedlings and planted out after the last frost. Top varieties include the bicolour, strongly scented 'Matucana'; 'Erewhon' which is excellent for cutting; and the dark-hued 'King Sized Navy Blue'.
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3. Roses (climbers)
Roses are indispensable in the garden for looks and scent, and there are a huge range of super fragrant climbing types to choose from, like dark pink Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’, or pale pink ‘The Generous Gardener’, both of which will repeat flower through summer if deadheaded. Climbers can be pruned in late winter.BUY NOW
4. True jasmine
Jasminum officinale f. affine is a deciduous climber with scented white flowers, which is frost hardy down to about -5°C (23°F), and appreciates a sheltered position in full sun. BUY NOW
Best climbing plants for early blooms
There are several beautiful climbers and wall shrubs that produce welcome flowers to brighten up dark winter and early spring days.
5. Japanese quince
Among the first shrubs to flower every year, Chaenomeles bear small clusters of red, pink or white blossom along its bare branches before the foliage appears, and can be easily trained to grow up against a wall or fence, tying the branches on to horizontal wires in a fan shape.
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6. Winter jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum, known as winter jasmine, produces its deliciously fragrant yellow blooms in the depths of winter, before its dark green leaves appear in spring. Its stems do not twine like other clematis, so it will need support such as a trellis on walls or fences, where it can reach up to 3m high and wide. Handily, it is happy growing in full sun or partial shade. BUY NOW
7. Downy clematis
Clematis macropetala 'Wesselton' is early to flower, with extraordinary big double flowers in shades of pale to violet-blue that are reminiscent of Tinkerbell’s skirt. The interest starts even earlier with beautiful bronze-toned buds and continues after flowering with silky seedheads. A great choice for training up shrubs and trees, and for north-facing gardens, and requires little to no pruning. BUY NOW
Best climbing plants for coverage
Pretty and vigorous evergreens and semi-evergreens to help hide something unattractive in the garden year round.
8. Star jasmine
One of the most popular climbers with garden designers is the evergreen star jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides, which has scented white flowers in summer and deep green, shiny leaves that sometimes turn red in winter. It grows to about 9m and will tolerate most soils and situations, though it is happiest in a sunny, sheltered spot. BUY NOW
9. Potato vines
Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’ flowers later in the season, from midsummer into autumn, with copious amounts of star-shaped mauve-lilac blooms with bright yellow centres. This is a hardier variety than other potato vines, with semi-evergreen leaves, making it a better choice for UK gardens. It will need some support and to be planted in a warm sunny situation, where it can reach up to 6m. BUY NOW
10. Evergreen clematis
Clematis armandii 'Apple Blossom', is an excellent spring-flowering evergreen climber. It has peachy-pink tinted blooms which appear very early in March or April with a strong almond-like scent.
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11. Roses (ramblers)
Rambling roses like white ‘Rambling Rector’ or pink-tinted ‘Paul’s Himalayan Musk’ are beautiful monsters that can grow up to 12m and will quickly cover any support, but put on just one show a season, with abundant sprays of small rosettes. For best results, prune ramblers in late summer after they have flowered. BUY NOW
12. Climbing hydrangea
Another woody climber that needs a lot of space and should be grown in the ground is Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris, which features white lace-cap flowers in summer. This climbing hydrangea is self-clinging, meaning it will attach to a wall or fence with aerial roots, and has been known to grow to 15m high. It can tolerate some shade, so is a good choice for a north-facing wall. BUY NOW
13. Chocolate vine
Akebia quinata is something a bit different – a semi-evergreen climber with purple-brown to dark red spring flowers that have a sweet, spicy, vanilla-like fragrance.
It can romp away up to 10m in a warm garden on a pergola or other large support, so might need regular pruning. If you have two plants and a hot summer, it can also produce strange long purple fruit. BUY NOW
Best climbing plants for shade
14. Sausage vine
Holboellia coriacea, known as sausage vine, is a frost hardy, vigorous, evergreen climber that grows to 6m. It has fragrant blooms in pale pink in April and May and lovely palmate foliage. It will flower best in sun but will grow in shade, so is a good choice for a dreary corner. BUY NOW
15. Chinese virginia creeper
Parthenocissus is a deciduous climber that attaches itself to walls and fences with little sucker disks, and puts on masses of growth each season. P. henryana is a less vigorous type with beautiful silver-veined leaves, and is one of the only climbers apart from ivy that will thrive in shady areas. BUY NOW
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Crimson glory vine
Vitis coignetiae is a grapevine with large ovate lobed leaves that turn blazing shades of fiery scarlet and gold in autumn. It holds on to its support via tendrils and due to its vigorous growth habit, reaching over 12m, is best for larger spaces and structures. This deciduous climber will be happy in any well-drained soil in sun or part-shade. BUY NOW
17. Variegated kiwi
Actinidia kolomikta, the variegated-leaf hardy kiwi, is a deciduous climber grown mainly for its unusual, striking foliage - large heart-shaped green leaves tipped with bright flashes of white and pink. It needs to be planted in a sheltered spot in full sun, such as against a south-facing wall, for best results, and can grow to around 4m in height and spread. BUY NOW
18. Boston ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’ is grown for its beautiful palmate leaves which turn from fresh green in summer to blazing hues of crimson and orange in autumn.
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Best annual climbing plants
Annual climbers, which typically last just one growing season in the British climate, are usually grown from seed and are great for a short but dazzling show over the summer.
19. Morning glory
The short-lived but spectacular Ipomoea tricolor ‘Heavenly Blue’, also known as morning glories, will quickly cover an arbour or arch for the summer. Sow under cover and plant out somewhere sunny after the last frost has passed, and they will put on a display of blue funnel-shaped blooms amid heart-shaped foliage for months. BUY NOW
20. Cup & saucer vine
Tropical-looking Cobaea scandens, also known as the cup-and-saucer vine and cathedral bells, is an exotic climber growing up to 4m in height, with purple bell-shaped flowers from midsummer through autumn and often on into winter too.
An evergreen perennial in its Mexican homeland, it is sown and grown as a half-hardy annual climber in Britain, preferring a warm, sheltered spot in the sun and moist but well-drained soil to put on the best show. BUY NOW
21. Chilean glory flower
Known as beauty vine or Chilean glory flower, Eccremocarpus scaber is fast-growing scrambler with small red, orange or yellow tube-shaped flowers and twining tendrils. Grown very easily from seed as a half-hardy annual, in warm regions of the UK in a sheltered location, it may be perennial, dying back in winter and reappearing in spring, or even holding on to its evergreen ferny foliage. BUY NOW
22. Black eyed susan vine
Thunbergia alata is renowned for its freely produced cheery yellow-orange blooms with dark purple-brown centres, which flower continuously from summer into autumn. It will quickly grow from seed up to 2.5m in one season, holding on to its support with twining stems adorned with oval to heart-shaped green leaves.
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Best climbing plants for containers
23. Patio clematis
Clematis ‘Amethyst Beauty’ is one of a new type that is suitable for growing in pots around a small obelisk or tepee support. This variety will flower all the way from the base right up to the final height of around 1.8m, from early to late summer, with large velvety purple-red blooms. It’s also a cinch to look after – simply cut all stems back to about 15cm from the base in late winter or early spring. BUY NOW
24. Flowering maple
Abutilon megapotamicum is a deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub that prefers a warm, sunny, south facing wall, or to be grown in a container that can be taken inside over winter to protect it from frost. It’s worth the trouble for its beautiful hanging lantern-like flowers of red outer calyx with yellow inner petals, which draw the eye throughout summer and autumn. BUY NOW
25. American wisteria
Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’ is a super compact new wisteria, which unlike other types will flower in its first year and can be grown in a large container.
In late spring and early summer, it will burst forth with many clusters of scented lilac blooms, and has been known to repeat flower later in the season too. BUY NOW
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26. Passion flower
Passion flowers are vigorous evergreen climbers that hold on to their support via winding tendrils. They bear intricate, tropical-looking flowers with a central ring of colourful filaments called a corona. Most species are too tender to grow in Britain, but Passiflora caerulea is frost hardy to around -5°C and can be grown outdoors in mild coastal areas and urban areas, by a warm, south-facing wall. BUY NOW
27. Purple bell vine
It would be hard to match the intriguing Rhodochiton atrosanguineus for drama, with its dangling flowers comprising a long dark-purple tube with a pale purple hat, produced and lasting over a long season from midsummer into autumn. It likes moist but well-drained soil in full sun and needs to stay frost free if grown as a perennial, so should be grown in a container and brought in over winter, or sown each year as an annual from seed.
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28. Trumpet vine
A vigorous deciduous climber, Campsis radicans surprises throughout late summer with a continuous clusters of tropical-look, trumpet-shaped blooms in shades of red and orange. Great for growing in full sun on a wall, as it climbs and clings on by itself via aerial roots, but might have to be pruned back to keep it under control in smaller gardens as it can quickly reach up to 12m. BUY NOW
Best climbing plants for wildlife
29. Honeysuckle
Common honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, is a magnet for wildlife, with nectar-rich, tubular white and yellow flowers to attract pollinators and red berries for the birds. The intense fragrance of the blooms is stronger at night time. As it is originally a wild woodland plant, it needs to have its roots in the shade and its flowering stems in sun or part shade, and will quickly grow to 6m given the right conditions. BUY NOW
30. English ivy
The single best climber for wildlife, however, is common English ivy, Hedera helix, especially if allowed to mature to its adult form, when it has pollinator-attracting flowers in autumn and black berries through winter.
According to the RHS, more than 140 species of insect and 17 species of bird feed on ivy in Britain, and countless more creatures appreciate its evergreen shelter. It will quickly cover any eyesore you wish, even in deep shade, and grows to 12m if left unchecked. BUY NOW
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Climbing plants for the garden: how to choose and how to use in design
Flowering, fruit, decorative and deciduous vines are increasingly attracting the attention of gardeners and landscape designers, because thanks to vertical gardening, you can transform any corner of the garden.
The variety of species and varieties of weaving plants allows you to choose the most suitable option for solving a particular problem.
Varieties of climbers
Curly are annual and perennial. Annual climbers are plants that are often grown in pots to decorate porches, arbors, and outbuildings. They grow quite quickly and throughout the season decorate the area with their foliage, and some with flowering. By the end of summer, the pots can be emptied and prepared for a new planting next year. nine0003
Perennial climbers are a long-running story that will suit those who already have a place for such a plant. A gazebo entwined with a climbing rose looks luxurious. How stunning are the terraces entwined with clematis, and girlish grapes are completely capable of decorating an entire building with their lashes!
Lianas in landscape design
Climbing plants combine originality, decorativeness and practicality. Creepers in the garden can solve many problems.
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- Disguise ugly areas and defects on the facade and walls of buildings
- Decorate outbuildings
- Gracefully arrange a fence around the perimeter of the site
- Carry out zoning of the site, creating cozy corners
- Participate in the design of retaining walls
- Decorate neat wooden arbors with greenery, flowers, and maybe fruits
All these tasks are solved by such a technique in landscape design as vertical gardening. The essence lies in the name itself - this is the planting of plants growing vertically. Here are a few options you can use in your garden. nine0003
To create a hedge, you need a support along which several plants are planted. Growing, they form a dense curtain that encloses the area from prying eyes. This option is well suited for decorating the fence around the perimeter of the site. Then, in addition to aesthetics and privacy, such a landing will hold back street dust.
For hedges, use only perennials and keep an eye on the distance between plants so that each of them has enough space for the development of the root system and the growth of shoots. nine0003
Pergola is a special construction designed to support climbing plants. In the Middle Ages, a pergola was any surface for the growth of vines. But now, from a purely technical purpose, the pergola has become a decorative element of landscape design, creating a special atmosphere on the site. Traditionally, they are made of wood, and the structure itself consists of four supporting pillars and a ceiling on top, but there are different modifications, so you can easily find the option you need. Pergolas decorate recreation areas - just imagine how comfortable it is to sit under a canopy entwined with flowering plants on a hot summer day - and decorate nondescript buildings. One of the popular types of pergola is arch . If you put several arches side by side, then an original tunnel will appear on the site. Various materials can be used for structures: stone, brick, wood. With the help of an arch, you can create a comfortable shading in a recreation area, for example, by a bench, using the arch as a canopy. The trellis is a small lightweight structure that can be attached to a wall or directly into the ground.
It is possible to harmoniously fit such a design into the existing landscape of the site and give it a finished look with the help of vertical gardening. In addition to aesthetics, planting climbing plants around the perimeter will protect from the scorching sun, wind, dust and slanting rain. You can decorate the place of rest with stunning roses, clematis or plant a fruit plant, thus combining comfort and benefit.
If you want to use vertical gardening in your garden well, our garden center landscape designers will help you prepare a project that will impress your guests and delight you for years to come.
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Perennial garden creepers
What perennial garden vines to buy in order to realize your landscape fantasies? We have prepared for you a selection of eight vines that feel best in the middle lane. Even a novice gardener can handle taking care of them.
Fruit vines
Grape. Many people think that grapes can only be grown in regions with endless or much longer summers and are afraid to plant them in the middle lane. And in vain. Modern varieties have early ripening and are frost-resistant, allowing them to grow and bear fruit in our latitudes. Some varieties can give up to 60 kg of beautiful berries with amazing taste characteristics, so every gardener can pamper himself with juicy grapes from his site. Depending on the variety, the fruits can be white, green, pink, red, and black. Choose to your taste! nine0003
Actinidia. This vine is able to grow up to 14m. She has two main advantages. Firstly, it is an ornamental plant, the foliage of which shimmers in various shades throughout the season: from green to bronze, with a red or pink border similar to a tongue, and in autumn it acquires orange or red hues.
Secondly, it is a fruit-bearing plant. Every year you will pick green (some light brown) cylindrical tender fruits from the vines, resembling small kiwis from afar. Their taste is pleasant, fruity, sweet and sour. They can be eaten fresh or used in preparations. Please note that for fruiting it is necessary to plant two plants on the site (male and female). nine0003
Flowering creepers for the garden
Honeysuckle . This is an ornamental honeysuckle that does not bear edible fruits, but is grown exclusively for decorating the site. This is a fast-growing vine that can add up to 3m in height in a season, with large bright flowers, reminiscent of fireworks scattered in the sky. The aroma of decorative honeysuckle deserves special fame: it is unobtrusive, subtle and refined.
nine0005 Clematis . This creeper will please you with a variety of varieties: there are several thousand of them. They differ among themselves in the colors of flowers - any shades of pink, raspberry, purple, lilac, etc .
; sizes - there are large-flowered and small-flowered; and flowering time. Here is where the fantasy roam! Best suited for planting in a sunny spot with arch or pergola support.
Climbing roses . An enchanting liana that has been strewn with beautiful fragrant roses since the beginning of summer. Blooms until the first frost. Depending on the variety, the flowers will have different sizes and colors. Any landscape element, be it an arch or a pergola woven with roses, will attract attention and make the garden truly luxurious. They can decorate the veranda or gazebo. Please note that metal supports are harmful to delicate rose stems. nine0003
Petiole Hydrangea . Liana, which, depending on the variety, can reach up to 20 m in length, strewn with corymbose inflorescences. They exude a delicate honey aroma. Such a hydrangea begins to bloom in mid-summer and decorates the garden until mid-autumn. Petiole hydrangea can decorate recreation areas, entrance groups, create a luxurious hedge or background for coniferous compositions.
True, it is important to consider that it grows very slowly.
Decorative foliage
Parthenocissus . Unpretentious, fast-growing liana, which in a short time will ennoble the gazebo, enliven the panorama of the fence or decorate the facade of the house. Please note that the vine can grow up to 30m. It will easily wrap a two-story building of a small area with a dense curtain. Flowering in girlish grapes is inconspicuous, but in the fall this plant looks incredible! Gradually, the leaves begin to turn into rich reds and purples, gradually moving from a green summer shade. Decorative tiny inedible dark blue or black fruits appear, collected in small clusters. Autumn is a triumphant period for this plant, in which it shows itself in all its glory. nine0003
Wood pliers
. Liana-beauty with a menacing name. In the wild, it is really capable of destroying a tree, digging into it with its hooks and climbing to the very top.
But the cultivated varieties used in landscape design are not so aggressive, and even one wooden support for this vine is enough. It can grow up to 12 meters. In summer, its foliage is green, and by autumn it becomes a rich yellow color. At the same time, small orange fruits ripen - three-leaved boxes that look like lights. The tree pliers grow quite quickly, especially with good watering and top dressing. nine0003
Lemongrass . Gift of nature from eastern countries - Japan and China. The leaves are dark green on the outside and light green on the reverse side, with a slightly serrated edge. They really smell like lemon! In spring, the flowering period begins, and dozens of lush white or white-pink flowers with a pleasant refreshing aroma bloom on the vine. And in autumn, rounded orange-red seeds appear, which are collected in spike-shaped clusters. They are rich in vitamins B, C and E, contain acids and minerals - they can be brewed into tea. nine0003
Growing perennial climbers in the garden: questions and answers
And finally, we will answer a few popular questions that almost everyone who wants to get a weaving plant faces.
1. Where to plant creepers?
The more sun, the better. Therefore, plant your weaving plants in sunny places.
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The main rule is the observance of agricultural technology. The root system of every plant needs space to grow and nourish. Fast-growing vines should not coexist with slow-growing ones. You can read about the growth rate of each liana separately in plant catalogs or check with consultants in the plant nursery.
3. What materials should the climbing plants be made of?
This is one of the most important questions, because the wrong choice of support can ruin the vine. If you run any curly on a metal support, then in the summer, heating up from the sun, the metal will simply burn the tender shoots. Therefore, the main rule is that the surface of the support should not heat up. Wooden, plastic, brick, stone supports are perfect.
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4. Do creepers need pruning?
Yes, they do. With pruning, you can control the growth of the vine, its shape and rejuvenate the plant. But before pruning, consult with an agronomist, or maybe even entrust it to him. In our garden center we provide garden care services, please contact us. If you plan to purchase clematis, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with this article, it provides information not only on shelter, but also on pruning these vines. nine0003
5. Do creepers need to be covered?
From our list, only two representatives need shelter: clematis and roses. For the first, we offered recommendations a little higher, but you can read about roses here.
Creepers for the garden - this is the type of plant that we recommend to settle in every gardener. High decorativeness, practicality, a variety of varieties and species, many ways to use in design and affordable prices - with the help of these plants you can realize original landscape ideas and make your garden unique.
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The best perennial climbing plants for the gazebo and garden (21 photos)
Perennial climbing plants are good because they can be grown in one place without transplanting for several years. They are best suited for decorating gazebos.
If you are going to plant climbing plants in your garden, pay attention to unpretentious, but at the same time beautiful flowering lianas. We have compiled a list of plants that are ideal for growing in a garden on poles or planting near a recreation area:
- clematis,
- climbing roses,
- kampsis,
- honeysuckle,
- parthenocissus,
- wisteria,
- evergreen ivy.
Clematis
This climbing plant is one of the most popular vines that inhabit our summer cottages. And this is quite justified: it grows quite quickly, it blooms very beautifully.
And although the choice of varieties is quite extensive, for long-term cultivation it is worth choosing winter-hardy and not too demanding varieties. nine0003
Clematis flowers are very diverse. In different varieties, they take bizarre forms: an open bowl, a drooping bell, a half-open jug. Buds can be painted in all colors of the rainbow, and even with interesting transitions of tones and overflows of shades. Liana blooms all summer.
Climbing roses This is because these plants have a lot of advantages: a huge variety of varieties, relative unpretentiousness, as well as rapid growth. nine0003
Climbing roses on poles are a real eye-catcher. In addition, many varieties can bloom twice a season. And caring for them consists only in moderate watering and timely top dressing with complex fertilizers (1 time in 2 weeks).
Kampsis
Kampsis is an excellent plant for strong support. Moreover, this is one of the fastest growing perennial vines.
Kampsis flowers are very unusual - orange tubules with inverted edges. And although there are only two types of kampsis, this is quite enough to adequately decorate the site. nine0003
The advantage of this climbing plant is that it is undemanding. The only thing to take care of when growing Kampsis is to shelter its root system from bright sunlight. Watering culture requires moderate and only in dry times.
There is evidence that the lignified shoots of adult Kampsis are able to tolerate short-term frosts down to -18°C without significant shelter. But it’s still not worth the risk, and it’s better to prepare the heat-loving kampsis for winter more carefully - cover it with spruce branches or a layer of dry foliage, put a film on top and again a layer of spruce branches, otherwise the plant may not endure a long frosty winter. nine0003
Honeysuckle honeysuckle
Another perennial climbing plant that can beautifully wrap around the arbor is honeysuckle.
Its exotic flowers will not only create the necessary shade, but also fill the air with a pleasant aroma. True, there is a certain minus in this: during flowering, honeysuckle honeysuckle attracts many bees.
Parthenocissus
Girlish grapes can beautifully braid the arbor. This perennial vine is very similar to ordinary grapes, but it looks more delicate and decorative. Parthenocissus is attractive for its dark green leaves, which turn red-purple by autumn. And this culture is unpretentious, practically not afraid of pests and not prone to disease.
Parthenocissus flowers are not very decorative, the berries are inedible, blue-black. But the plant does not shed foliage for a long time and is considered quite frost-resistant. Girlish grapes are great for decorating arbors, pergolas, brick and concrete walls, and balconies. nine0003
Wisteria
Wisteria is a luxurious plant for arbors, as well as other buildings and small architectural forms in the garden.
It comes in a variety of colors, but in the middle lane, the variety Blue Moon ( Blue Moon) with violet-blue "clusters" of flowers takes root best of all. Liana inflorescences can reach 50 cm in length, which allows them to almost completely hide the green behind them.
Wisteria, like campsis, is a southern plant and therefore loves warmth. The plant will withstand short-term frost down to -20 ° C. But without shelter, all the shoots of wisteria will freeze in the frosty winter. And even though new branches will grow from the vine in the spring, you will not wait for flowering, since flowers form only on last year's shoots. Therefore, winter shelter (the same as for climbing roses) in the form of spruce branches, leaf litter or dry sawdust covered with spunbond is mandatory for wisteria.
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Evergreen ivy
The main value of this climbing plant is that it can decorate country houses throughout the year. This fact distinguishes ivy from other vines listed in the article.
