Beautiful Climbing Flowers

Morning Glory

• Morning glories are annual plants that die back every winter and reseed themselves each year. With lush spade-shaped leaves and delicate purple flowers, this is an ideal choice to ornament a garden trellis or disguise an unsightly chain-link fence. The blossoms are rich royal purple with pink throats.

Climbing Hydrangea

• Native to the woodlands of coastal China and Japan, climbing hydrangea is a strong and fast grower, and can easily climb walls and trees, though you can also use it as a ground cover. Climbing hydrangea blooms in spring with large, white flower clusters that last through early summer, and that hummingbirds find irresistible.

Arctic Kiwi Vine

• Arctic kiwi vine features distinctive heart-shaped foliage, for which it is probably best known. The foliage comes in purple, changing into green, pink and silver as the seasons progress. Variegation --- the appearance of different colors on the leaves --- is more prominent on mature plants and is better in the sun. Arctic kiwi blooms in summer with small white, mildly fragrant flowers. These vines will also bear fruit if a male and female are planted together.

Honeysuckle

• Of some 180 varieties of honeysuckle, only a few varieties are commonly grown around homes. These include Hall's honeysuckle, Japanese honeysuckle and scarlet trumpet. Honeysuckle is a perennial that will survive year after year. it blooms in summer with white flowers that may be flushed with pink and turn creamy yellow with age.

Wisteria

• A deciduous twining vine, wisteria grows quickly and extensively in a variety of climates and soils. Wisteria is a member of the bean family, and there are 10 species native to the eastern United States, China, Korea and Japan. Chinese wisteria is one of the most often grown, and grows so rampantly that it is considered an invasive species in some areas. The tough, woody vine breaks out in fragrant, grape-like clusters of light purple-blue flowers in spring, just before foliage comes in, creating a uniquely colorful scene.