Transform your vertical spaces with our hand-picked selection of 5 outstanding climbing plants. Imagine them gracefully ascending your trellis, adorning your fence, or draping your pergola, creating a living screen for added privacy. Many of these versatile climbers can even thrive in larger pots with a supporting trellis or backing. From delicate flowers to captivating foliage, and with varying growth speeds, you're sure to find the perfect fit. Plus, many climbers become havens for wildlife, inviting beneficial insects, birds, and bats to your garden. Add vertical interest and a touch of nature's delight with the climber of your choice.
- Clematis ‘Taiga’
- Rambling Rose
- Honeysuckle
- Virginia Creeper
- Star Jasmine
1. Clematis ‘Taiga’
The sheer variety of Clematis ensures there's a perfect match for almost any garden, location, and soil. However, for a truly exceptional display, consider this Clematis. Nominated for the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year Award, it's a guaranteed showstopper. Its profusion of flowers, reminiscent of passion flowers, complements its hardy and low-maintenance nature.
2. Rosa Rambling Rector
Imagine your garden adorned with abundant, large clusters of creamy white flowers from early summer well into late summer, courtesy of this exceptional rambling rose. Following the blooms, you'll discover decorative red hips. As a truly vigorous climber, it excels at providing natural screening and transforming unsightly walls and fences into living features. Its adaptability extends to north-facing walls, and its free-spirited rambling growth enhances the beauty of a wildlife garden.
3. Honeysuckle ‘Dart’s World’ (Lonicera japonica)
With their intoxicating scents, honeysuckles are perfect for planting near patios and pathways. This particular variety offers a long-lasting display of dark pink flowers, transitioning in shade from late spring through late summer. A fast grower, it makes a wonderful and fragrant climbing feature in any garden.
4. Chinese Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus henryana)
Unlike its more rampant relative, this color-changing climber is significantly less vigorous, making it ideal even for smaller gardens. While its flowers and berries are subtle, attracting bees nonetheless, it's the spectacular autumn foliage that truly steals the show. Easy to grow in fertile, well-drained soil, it will readily ascend any supporting structure.
5. Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
This is a truly versatile climber: a fragrant evergreen with deep green leaves that provide year-round structure and then surprise with autumn color and delicate, white star-shaped flowers in summer. Simple to grow in full sun and well-drained soil, it readily climbs and can even thrive as an indoor plant.
Discover your perfect climbing plant from the beautiful selection at Carpenters Nursery.
