Climbing Vines Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Climbing Vines Improve Your Landscape
By Suzzie T Franklin
Climbing vines can be placed in your garden and around structures
in your yard, to add variety and a splash of colour. There is
a large variety of climbing plants you can use in your yard, from
climbing roses under your front porch, sweet peas along your fence
and morning glory growing along a pole in your front yard. All
these plants produce beautiful flowers, helping to improve the
shades of colour all over your yard.
Your only limit is the space and the structure for your plants
to grow around. You may set up a few poles for the plants to climb
and some wires to connect the poles, so the plants can move from
pole to pole. Depending on your choice of climbing plant, some
plants are voracious and will move between poles quite quickly,
while others may only grow on one pole.
Improving The Comfort Conditions In Your Yard
Growing a variety of climbing plants over different areas of
your home, can improve the comfort level in your yard. During
the summer you can take advantage of shading provided by climbing
plants, especially grapevines.
If you want to know about any limitations of local conditions
on your climbing vines, you should contact your local nursery.
Building On The Beauty Of Your Garden
Gardeners are always looking for new plants to add to the scenery!
No matter how many beds you have planted, there’s always room
for one more. Maybe you’re tired of that bed of marigolds you
plant next to the kitchen every year. The rose bushes in front
of the porch are lovely, but you want to build on the look.
Sooner or later, the garden appears to be full. That’s when you
can use climbing vines to grow upwards, adding a lush, flourishing
dimension to your garden. Here are some ideas on how to use climbing
vines to add beauty, drama and functionality to your present garden
plan.
Morning Glory Climbing Your Posts
If you’re not sure of how a climbing vine will fill out a space,
try an annual before going to the expense of a permanent, perennial
garden climber. Let’s use the example of the porch graced with
a bed of rose bushes. Your porch posts are perfect supports for
a climbing vine. Try planting the easy-to-grow morning glory in
clumps around each post.
You can start them in peat pots early and plant them directly,
pot and all, when they’re a few inches tall. Morning glories grow
quickly and bloom prolifically. These climbing vines are easily
trained up the posts and across the porch railing. By early July,
you’ll have a bountiful display of flowers that simulates a similar
perennial vine display.
Planting Your Annual Vine
You may decide you prefer the annual. While the shade the summer
vine offers is welcome in summer, you may want to let the light
shine in during winter. When the plant is spent in fall, you can
tear it out. You can simply plant another annual come spring.
On the other hand, if you like the dimension the climbing vine
adds to this spot, there are perennial climbers that fill the
bill. The white or purple passion vine, clematis, is an exotic
and lovely companion for the roses. Consider also the climbing
roses. There are varieties that bloom abundantly throughout the
summer. Winter is the time to check your plant catalogs for permanent
candidates for this spot.
Beautify Your Gazebo With Flowering Vines
Gazebos are made prettier with the addition of climbing vines.
Flowering vines, winding their way around the supports and trained
along the roof line provide a romantic setting for a candlelight
dinner party or a ’Secret Garden’ effect for kids playing inside.
Jasmine works well in this garden situation. It’s evergreen and
flowers profusely in summer, with a sweet perfume scent.
Sweet Peas Climbing Along A Fence
Come early spring, fences can look bleak. Sweet peas can be planted
along a fence in late winter and be producing a thick and cheerful
covering of multi-colored flowers by spring. Sweet peas are somewhat
invasive climbing vines, perfect for covering a bare hillside
area prone to erosion.
Arbors, deck and carport covers are other places where climbing
vines can enhance your garden plan. If you just look around your
property, you’re sure to find a few places for the lovely climbing
vines.
Improving The Colours In Your Yard
The aim of plain climbing vines is to improve the colour of structures
in your yard. If you have a wall which looks rather dull, you
can make it come to life by adding a climbing structure along
the wall, to allow vines can grow. There are plenty of choices
for vines, but you may look at the types of climbing vines available
at your local nursery to confirm the best climbing vines to suit
your local conditions.
Some climbing plants may find local conditions hostile and may
not grow. You need to confirm with your local nursery staff on
the best climbing plants to suit your local conditions.
Growing Grapes In Your Yard
You are not limited to flowering vines for your choice of climbing
plants in your garden and yard. You may be able to grow grape
vines. The advantage of grapevines are the delicious grapes that
grow in the summer and if you grow enough grapes, you may look
at making some of your own wine.
These tips are some of the many ways you can take advantage of
opportunities to add colour to structures in your yard with climbing
vines.
About the Author:
Suzzie T Franklin has written a number of articles on gardening
and landscaping including
Cherry Blossom,
Tole Painting,
Lady Slipper Flower,
Bamboo Plants,
Zen Garden,
Wire Topiary Frames,
Flower Seeds,
Gardening Vegetable, Container
Gardens.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
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There are also some plants, such as hybrid
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