Spring is almost here. Looking for some great looking vines to block a wall or maybe you want to block the view from your neighbor?Here are some suggested vines that can help you achieve that look.
Spring is almost here. Looking for some great looking vines to block a wall or maybe you want to block the view from your neighbor
Halls Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica `Halliana`)
Great looking semi-evergreen vine, perfect for the southwest, white and yellow flowers that will bloom from spring thru late fall. It tolerates poor soil and likes full sun. This is one vine that is very drought tolerant. Once established needs only occasional watering. Great fragrant smell almost all summer long. Fast-growing twining stems can up to 15' long or more can also be used as ground cover up to 2 feet tall.
Yellow Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans 'Flava')
The Yellow Trumpet Creeper, very fast growing clinging vine produces yellow trumpet shaped flowers in the summer months that attract hummingbirds. This trumpet bloom vine loves the southwestern sun it is a tough vine for hot and dry sites
(Campsis radicans)
Trumpet Creeper
Another great looking vine that does well in the southwest. Can handle the hot dry sun grows fast produces orange trumpet shaped flowers in the summer months that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Can be used to cover fences, arbors, and rock walls.
MADAME JULIA CORREVON CLEMATIS (Clematis viticella)
This is one clematis vine that does great in the southwest. Beautiful wine-red flowers that bloom almost all spring and summer. that will bloom from spring thru late fall. It does need regular watering. Grows to about 12' wide and long. Great for small arbor, trellis and container vine.
See photo of these vines at: Southwestern Vines
Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
Beautiful evergreen vine prized for its very fragrant, star-shaped white flowers. Train on posts, walls, or trellises, or use as a fast-growing shrubby ground cover. Good container plant in cold climates. Full to partial sun. Vine with 18 to 20 feet twining branches 1 to 2 feet tall
There are actually hundreds of types of vines. Above are some of the more common ones. These vines should be available at your local nursery store. Be sure to ask what your zone area is. Or check out the links below for further information regarding your zone area.
Thanks
Paul Guzman
Paul Guzman is the author of this article. Visit Guzman's Greenhouse for more gardening information.
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