Top Climbing Plants At Fosseway
- Roses
- Jasmine
- Clematis
- Sweet Pea
- Ivy
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Climbing Plants & Climbers
Whether they are planted to cover unsightly objects, hang in scented bowers above your head or compliment other plants in your garden, this is an amazingly versatile group of hardy plants that everyone can find room for.
We have a climber for just about every situation and aspect you could imagine and many of them give you great, fat, bunches of blooms in glorious colours.
Clematis and roses are best-sellers, with highly scented honeysuckles and Jasmine not far behind. Wisteria is one of the most elegant of climbing plants, and for magnificent reds in autumn, Virginia creepers cannot be beaten.
Clematis
Clematis is the most popular climber, with many varieties and sumptuous colours. Some are showy, large flowered hybrids whilst others are small, dangling bells; some are evergreen, others not. There are three flowering groups, so with careful choice you can have a succession of flowers from early spring until late summer.
Most clematis cultivars grow well on walls and fences, happily scramble through trees and large shrubs, or look good smothering an arch.
Roses
Climbing and rambling roses are not far behind clematis in popularity, with roses around the door or a rose arch providing the archetypical image of an English country garden. With blooms that hang in romantic, scented clusters or spangle the foliage with single, larger heads, there are many varieties and colours of roses available.
Grow climbing roses up fences, walls, trellises and tree trunks, over arches, arbours pergolas and gazebos - and over unsightly buildings.
Honeysuckle
A traditional English cottage garden plant, treasured for its strong perfume from the end of May into winter, honeysuckle has delicate trumpets coloured from yellows and creams to reds.
Trained to climb against a wall or fence, some honeysuckles will scramble up to 3.5m (10 ft), or more, and will happily twine through branches of trees and shrubs.
Jasmine
Delicately flowered and exquisitely scented in white, cream or yellow, jasmine brings the Orient into your garden. There are many varieties for summer, and in winter when little else is in flower starry yellow jasmine flowers will light-up even partially shaded or cold areas. Trained up walls, screens or over arches, cascading from hanging baskets or grown as ground cover, jasmine is a winner. For perfumed shade take it overhead on a support.
Ivy
Ivy is evergreen, climbing or ground-creeping, hardy and happy in shade; it comes in an assortment of leaf shapes, glossy green or variegated.
When carefully managed it can be a beautiful ornamental addition to your garden, climbing up trees, fences, walls etc. It also makes good ground cover and a good accompaniment to geraniums.
Wisteria
Wisteria is a woody climbing vine, remarkable for its fragrant blue-violet, purple, pink or white blossoms in long drooping racemes in May and June, just before or as the leaves open. This long-lived vine, which can climb as high as 20 m (over 65 ft) and spread 10 m (30ft) wide, twines its stems round any available support, be it a wall, fence, tree or side of the house.
Other Climbing Plants
Hydrangea Petiolaris is useful against a wall because it can be grown in fertile, well drained soil in a shady location, where its lacy white flower caps can be most attractive.
Passion Flower is a hardy, self-clinging, vigorous climber which will grow up to 3m each year, dying back to root level in winter. Blooming from May to October, the flowers are abundant, large and complex.
Pyrocanthus can be ideal as a climbing plant. Masses of blossom in June turn into bright red or orange berries in autumn, whilst the thorns make it a perfect burglar deterrent. Height can be up to 3m (10ft), but pyrocantha can be pruned robustly as required. Virginia creeper is a vigorous climber, happy in full sun or partial shade. The large leaves turn a striking bright or deep red in autumn before they fall.
If you are looking for something a little bit different there are other climbing plants we may have in stock, and we will be pleased to find plants for you.
If you need advice about climbing plants, our knowledgeable team is very happy to help.
Climbing Plants Advice & Tips
Providing Structure
One of the best ways to grow climbing plants is to use garden trellis.
You can attach the trellis to a wall or fence panel, which will provide your plants with a solid secure structure to climb around.
Buying planters with trellis is another great way of adding height to your garden. Planters with trellis give you more freedom to choose where you want to grow your climbing plants.
Climbers & Vines
Gardeners can use the tendency of climbing plants to grow quickly. If a plant display is wanted quickly, a climber can achieve this. Climbers can be trained over walls, pergolas, fences, etc. Climbers can be grown over other plants to provide additional attraction. Artificial support can also be provided. Some climbers climb by themselves; others need work, such as tying them in and training them.
