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Vines
Climbing Hydrangea This plant is slow to establish, but quite vigorous thereafter. The yellow fall foliage is another feature of this plant. It also can be grown as a ground cover in shady areas or on steep embankments. The Climbing Hydrangea, 'Hydrangea petiolaris', will produce beautiful white flowers in late summer and early fall. It can be particularly effective when grown against building walls where it can easily attach and cling to the surface. Climbing Hydrangea is one of the best vines for clinging to brick or stone walls. The exfoliating, reddish brown bark of mature plants is attractive in winter. The Climbing Hydrangea vine is an extremely versatile vine with year-round interest.
Japanese Honeysuckle Halliana When used as a ground cover, they are about 2 feet tall. Hall's Honeysuckles are a very fast growing plant to 15 to 30 feet. Honeysuckle enjoys the full sun, but grows and flowers well in partial shade. A country-garden standby often trained onto dilapidated outbuildings or into the branches of dead trees. Excellent for screening or to drape over an unsightly wall or wood fence.
Trumpet Creeper The Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans, is a rapid growing, clinging vine that produces orange trumpet shaped flowers in the summer months that attract hummingbirds and butterflies. It is also known as the Trumpet Vine and is a tough vine for hot and dry sites. The abundant sprays of trumpet-shaped orange flowers cover this deciduous vine for an extra long bloom season. Trumpet Creepers are often grown with multiple trunks. This plant flowers best in a full sun location. The rapid growth makes it an excellent plant for covering fences or arbors.
Ivy English It is widely used by homewoners, hirticulturists, landscape contractors and others desiring a fast growing, low maintainence, evergreen cover. The dense growth and abundant leaves form a thick canopy just above the ground, and prevent sunlight from reaching other plants. The English Ivy, Hedera helix, is a classic, fan-shaped, silver green English Ivy from the Fall Magic collection. English Ivy is a strong growing, trailing variety that's great for baskets, containers, or as a groundcover.
Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vine Hummingbirds are always visiting this plant in our gardens. Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vines do best in at least a half day of full sun in consistently moist, organic soil. The Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vine, Lonicera 'Dropmore Scarlet', is a vining honeysuckle that is very winter hardy and easy to grow. Easy to grow in fertile, well-drained soil. It has loads of fragrant scarlet-orange, tubular flowers from June to September.
Ivy Duckfoot Other uses are for groundcover indoors and terrariums. Duckfoots have fast growing short internodes and a good self branching habit. The Duckfoot Vine, Hedera Helix, has small, matt, olive green, rounded, fan shaped leaves that look just like little duck feet. A nicely trailing variety that's especially good in baskets.
Five Leaf Akebia The stems are divided into five, or sometimes fewer, and the small stems meet in a central zone. The fruits are purple-violet and will ripen in late September into early October. Because it is a rapid grower, one will need to cut back Akebia throughout the season and to the ground at the end of the summer.
Variegated Mountain Fleece The Fallopia, 'Fallopia japonica 'Variegata', is an very colorful clump perennial that is excellent for brightening up a shady corner. The new spring leaves are variegated pink and white. The Fallopia will reach a mature height of about 4 feet and they will spread and make larger clumps each year, hence, the need for pruning if you want to confine this plant in a smaller area.
Lemon Lace Vine The flowers can bloom twice, in late spring and early fall and are very fragrant. Plant this hardy vine in full sun and in a moist to well drained soil. Growing from 25-35’, ‘Silver Lemon Vine’ is a winner all around.
Aunt Dee Wisteria The Wisteria 'Aunt Dee', 'Wisteria macrostachya 'Aunt Dee', produces showy clusters of light purple flowers in the spring. Aunt Dee blooms when very young. Heads will turn when this plant is in full bloom.
Trumpet Creeper Indian Summer Indian Summer would look wonderful in a patio pot.
Boston Ivy This deciduous vine has tendrils which have 5 to 8 branches, each ending in adhesive-like tips; it has the ability to literally cement itself to the wall and therefore needs no support; good on trees, will also crawl along the ground; secretes calcium carbonate which serves as adhesive.
Yellow Trumpet Creeper The invasive nature of this plant makes it hard to get rid of but also very hardy.
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