Choosing climbing plants
Often when people look for plants they buy what the garden centre has to
offer - and hope. This list of climbers for special purposes will help you
choose a climber suitable for the position you have in mind for it.
Different plants are available at different times of the year so you may
have to wait for your perfect climber to come into stock.
Best Evergreen Climbers
Clematis armandii - Sheltered position
Clematis cirrhosa - Sheltered
position
Clematis 'Avalanche' - Sheltered position
Clematis 'Early
Sensation' - Sheltered position
Hedera - All varieties
Holboellia -
Sunny, sheltered position
Hydrangea seemanii - Happy in shady conditions
Lonicera henryi or Copper Beauty - Not full shade
Lonicera japonica - Not
full shade
Lonicera similis - Not full shade
Stauntonia - Sunny,
sheltered position
Trachelospermum - All varieties in sunny position
Self-Clinging Climbers
Campsis - Once established
Hedera - All varieities
Hydrangea
petiolaris
Hydrangea seemanii
Partenocissus - All varieties except
quinquefolia which requires some support
Schizophragma 'Moonlight'
Schizophragma 'Rosea'
Trachelospermum - All varieties once established
Fast Growing Climbers
Clematis montana - All varieties
Clematis orientalis 'Bill Mackenzie'
Clematis tangutica
Fallopia baldschuanicum multiflora 'Hypoleuca'
Humulus lupulus aureus
Lathyrus latifolia - Herbaceous
Lonicera henryi
- Evergreen
Lonicera henryi 'Copper Beauty' - Evergreen
Lonicera
japonica - Evergreen
Lonicera 'Graham Stuart Thomas'
Lonicera similis
delavayi - Evergreen
Parthenocissus henryana
Partenocissus
quinquefolia
Parthenocissus tri. veitchii
Passiflora - Any variety in
a sunny sheltered position
Solanum Crispum 'Glasnevin'
Solanum jas.
'Album' - Semi-evergreen
Stauntonia hexaphylla - In sheltered position
Vitis - Especially ornamental varieties
Wisteria floribunda
Wisteria
brachybotrys
Climbers with Best Fragrance -
Scent is always best in a Sunny position
Clematis armandii - Evergreen
Clematis flammula
Clematis montana -
'Elizabeth', 'Elten', 'Fragrant Spring', 'Jacqui', 'Mayleen' 'Oderata',
'Vera' & wilsonii
Clematis tangutica - 'Aureolin'
Coronilla -
Evergreen
Jasminum officinale - 'Affine' & 'Clotted Cream'
Jasminum
polyanthum
Lonicera americana
Lonicera caprifolium
Lonicera
japonica - 'Halls Prolific', 'Sweet Isabel', 'Scentsation' & 'Red Word'
Trachelospermum jasminoides - Evergreen
Wisteria brachybotrys
Climbers for Shady Places
Clematis alpinas
Clematis machropetalas
Clematis koreana
Clematis
viticella
Hedera - All varieties
Hydrangea petiolaris
Hydrangea
seemanii
Lonicera brownii - 'Dropmore Scarlet'
Lonicera henryii
Lonicera tellmaniana
Lonicera tragophylla - Colour best in shade
Parthenocissus
Schizophragma