Shade Vines With Red Flowers

Cross Vine

• Cross vine, also spelled crossvine, Bignonia capreolata, normally has large red flowers with yellow insides. However, Duke University notes the variety “Tangerine Beauty” can have completely red flowers. The flowers are shaped like trumpets and tend to cluster together among bright green foliage. This vine does well with sun to part shade, so it could work in parts of your garden where the sun does not always reach during the day.

Scarlet Clematis

• This native Texan vine, Clematis texensis, is also called the Red Leather-Flower or Leatherflower. The University of Texas at Austin notes it grows in Central Texas only. The flowers are compact and bright red. The shape of the flower is commonly compared to an urn. Although suitable for partially shady and shady conditions, scarlet clematis might seek out more sun than shade. Texas A&M University advises, however, that the roots of the plant want shady conditions.

Honeysuckle

• Coral or trumpet honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, has elongated red flowers in clusters that appear splayed out. Like scarlet clematis, this variety of honeysuckle can handle partial or full shade, depending on whom you talk to. Flower color can vary somewhat, with some flowers incorporating shades of orange and yellow. It is a hummingbird-attracting plant.

Red Passion Flower

• The typical passion flower you see in pictures is usually white, blue and purple, but a red variety can cascade over walls, dropping edible fruit. Passiflora coccinea has long red petals that droop down, pointing away from the rest of the flower. It generally likes full sun, but it can live in shade if need be. The red flowers give way to a variety of passion fruit.