Few plants deliver the romance of a climbing rose arching over a doorway or scrambling up a pergola. Unlike true vines, climbing roses don’t cling on their own — they need a support structure and a bit of guidance from the gardener — but the payoff is a season-long, self-supporting show of color once they’re…
Know Your Pruning Group Clematis is one of the most rewarding climbers you can grow, but its pruning needs confuse many gardeners because different varieties are pruned in completely different ways. Clematis are divided into three pruning groups, and identifying which group your plant belongs to is the key to getting it right. Group 1…
Few climbing plants make as dramatic a spring statement as wisteria, with its cascading clusters of fragrant purple-blue (or occasionally white or pink) flowers draping over pergolas, arbors, and house facades. It is also one of the most vigorous vines a gardener can plant, and understanding its needs – especially pruning – is essential for…
Ivy as a Houseplant – Classic Elegance for Any Home Ivy (Hedera helix) is often pigeonholed as an outdoor plant for house walls and fences, yet it is also a wonderful and extremely easy-care houseplant. It shows off its full beauty especially as a hanging plant in a plant hanger or on a tall shelf:…
Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) is one of the most spectacular climbing plants that thrives in temperate climates. From May to June, its winding vines become covered in drooping flower clusters up to 50 cm (20 in) long, in blue, violet, or white, giving off an intoxicatingly sweet scent. Wisteria isn’t for the impatient, though — it…
Climbing roses transform plain walls, pergolas, and rose arches into a romantic sea of blooms. Unlike true climbing plants, roses don’t form clinging structures of their own; they need a support to lean against, gripping on with their thorns. Once established, they reward you with an overwhelming abundance of fragrant flowers. The Best Climbing Rose…
Honeysuckle (Lonicera), sometimes nicknamed “longer-and-dearer” for the way it lingers and climbs, is one of the most romantic climbing plants for the garden. Its trumpet-shaped, intensely fragrant flowers open in the evening and attract night-flying moths and hawkmoths, casting a spell over warm summer evenings. The plant is tough, easy to care for, and grows…
Clematis, often called the queen of climbing plants, is beloved for its plate-sized, star-shaped flowers that bloom in nearly every color of the rainbow. It transforms fences, pergolas, and house walls into flowering works of art. The key to abundant blooms is proper care — and, above all, correct pruning. The Three Clematis Pruning Groups…
Honeysuckle (Lonicera) is one of the most sensuous climbing plants in the garden. Especially in the evening hours, it releases an intoxicatingly sweet fragrance that attracts moths and other insects. Its trumpet-shaped flowers, in cream-white, yellow, pink, and red tones, open in summer and transform fences, pergolas, and house walls into fragrant walls of blossom….
A Climber for Every Season Clematis has earned its nickname “queen of climbers” thanks to the sheer range of flower shapes, sizes, and colours available across its hundreds of species and cultivars, from the huge, saucer-like blooms of large-flowered hybrids to the small, bell-shaped flowers of species types like Clematis alpina and Clematis viticella. With…
