{"id":13641,"date":"2022-06-13T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T23:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2022-06-13T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T22:11:03","slug":"ten-native-flowering-vines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2022\/06\/13\/ten-native-flowering-vines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Native Flowering Vines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trees and shrubs are not the only woody landscape plants to invite into your landscape. Check out these ten native vines. But first do some homework. Some of these vines grow aggressively which can mean more maintenance work for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lonicera sempervirens<\/em> ‘Major Wheeler’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vines are a part of the vertical landscaping trend. They are also space-savers. Native flowering vines are being added to pollinator gardens to attract butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Vines may grow intertwined over limbs of trees and shrubs; trained on fences, trellises, walls, and arbors; or a third option, allowed to roam freely as ground covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten\nPopular Native Vines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pipevine (<\/strong>Aristolochia macrophylla<\/em>) <\/strong>grows 20-30 feet long and produce Dutchman pipe-shaped bronze\nflowers in summer. Butterflies, particularly the Pipevine Swallowtail, flock to\nthe fragrant flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossvine <\/strong>(Bignonia capreolata<\/em>) is fast growing evergreen vine that grows up to 20 feet long. Fragrant, tubular, orange-red flowers\u00a0appear in late spring. It has tendril branches that terminate in adhesive disks that easily attach to walls. \u2018Tangerine Beauty\u2019 is a popular cultivar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trumpet Creeper <\/strong>(Campsis radicans<\/em>) is an extremely vigorous fast-growing woody vine up to 40 feet long with trumpet-shaped flowers that should be supported on sturdy arbors or fences. Choose from yellow, orange, or red blooms. Warning: this vine suckers profusely and grows too aggressively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas or Scarlet\nClematis<\/strong> <\/em>(Clematis\ntexensis<\/em>) blooms from mid-summer to fall and tops out at 6-10 feet length.\nThis sparsely leafed vine is often trained to intertwine through nearby shrubs.\nCultivars: \u2018Gravetye Beauty\u2019 (red flowers) and \u2018Duchess of Albany\u2019 (pink\nflowered).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leatherleaf clematis<\/strong> (Clematis glaucophylla<\/em>) produces lavender to purple urn-shaped flowers with curling white tips. Vines grow 6-10 feet long is native to portions of Tennessee. Treat this vine as a deciduous perennial and allow it to ramble over small to mid-sized shrubs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wisteria frutescens<\/em> ‘Amethyst Falls’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Carolina Jessamine <\/strong>(Gelsemium sempervirens<\/em>) is a vigorous vine, up to 20 feet that add a dash of yellow blooms to walls and sturdy arbors in very early spring. Train it as a 3-5 feet tall mound shrub or attach one on your mailbox post. Favorite cultivar: \u2018Margarita\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle <\/strong>(Lonicera sempervirens<\/em>) is a 12-15 foot in sun or partial shade. Red or yellow trumpet like flowers appear early spring into mid-summer. Evergreen leaves are circular. Favorite cultivars: \u2018Major Wheeler\u2019 (orange-red flowers) and \u2018John Clayton\u2019 (yellow flowers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Creeper <\/strong>(Parthenocissus quinquefolia<\/em>) grows 6-8 feet long and is frequently seen growing up trees. Its deciduous foliage turn beet red in the fall. Blue-black berries form in late summer and quickly consumed by birds. Warning: aggressive grower and seeds freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Wisteria <\/strong>(Wisteria\nfrutescens<\/em>) grows a lot less aggressive\ncompared to its Asian counterparts in in sun or partial shade. Train it up a\n15-20 foot pole or tree trunk; blooms are blue or purple in mid-spring.\nFavorite cultivar: \u2018Amethyst Falls\u2019 (lavender purple).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Passion Flower <\/strong>(Passiflora\nincarnata<\/em>) is a hardy fast grower\nvine, up 12 feet in length that climbs by tendrils. Its unique 2-3 inch wide\nflowers are white with purple filaments. Grows in full sun to partial shade,\ndies back in winter, and restarts in spring. Warning: roots may spread\naggressively and become weedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trees and shrubs are not the only woody landscape plants to invite into your landscape. Check out these ten native vines. But first do some homework. Some of these vines grow aggressively which can mean more maintenance work for you. Vines are a part of the vertical landscaping trend. They are also space-savers. Native flowering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1218,1387,1319,1351,749,726,1211,605,1594,1498,645,1138,1012,628,745,853,551,627,1476,1587,1592,843,936,1060,1059,601,729,630,705,706,646,7,1593,1247,670,801,1018],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13677,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions\/13677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}