Spring flowering climbing plants
Clematis
This twining climbing plant presents abundant flowering, colored or white. We appreciate the diversity of flower shapes, shades and silhouettes. It flowers, depending on the species, between April and June. The flowers are lavender blue, pink or white depending on the variety. Some give off a scent with chocolate or vanilla notes and others a sweet scent.
It can reach up to 3 meters in height.
The climbing hydrangea
Like ivy, the climbing hydrangea clings spontaneously to all supports. This climbing plant is perfect for shady areas. It grows quickly, ideal for covering a structure or even an unsightly construction.
It can reach up to 4 meters in height. You have to wait until the end of spring and the beginning of summer for it to reveal large umbels that look like parasols. Pollinating insects really appreciate this climber.
Wisteria
This climbing plant is perfect for shady places and it presents a very opulent flowering of blue, white or pink color. It is very fragrant and some varieties are adapted to colder climates. This is the case for Chinese or Japanese wisteria. It is easy to grow on all types of soil.
Summer flowering climbing plants
The rose bush
The liana rosebush presents grows very quickly and flowers profusely. It can climb to more than 10 meters in height. It is very simple todress a pergola, a wall or a fence thanks to its branching stems. Depending on the species, it presents different scents, shapes and colors of flowers and types of foliage.
The Bigogne
This climber offers remarkable vegetation and is adorned with very pretty flowers in the shape of red or orange trumpets which give it exotic looks. It is undemanding provided it benefits from generous exposure to the sun. It flowers from July to September and easily decorates a wall or fence. Its beautiful light green leaves take on yellow hues from the first days of autumn.
Banks rose bush
Ideal for very quickly dressing a wall or trellis, due to its very rapid growth. Without thorns, reaching 15 meters in height, requiring little maintenance, not being affected by diseases and retaining its foliage all year round, the Banks rose bush accumulates good points. It tolerates temperate winters.
Dipladenia
This climbing plant is more suited to fairly mild climates when you grow it in the ground. She offers a long flowering which lasts from May until the first frost. It is then covered with trumpet flowers, pink, red, orange or pure white. Its evergreen, glossy foliage is also very decorative.
Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle is appreciated for its sweet scent, its summer flowering and its ease of cultivation. This climber is covered with trumpet-shaped flowers in various shades. The colors ranging from red to white, including yellow, coral and orange depending on the variety present a more or less intoxicating and powerful scent. Its good hardiness allows it to tolerate very cold temperatures going beyond -15°C.
Bougainvillea
Although this climbing plant has its origins in the Mediterranean, it still resists low temperatures down to -8°C if you choose the variety called Mèze violet. Depending on the variety, it offers pretty white, purple or purple flowersthroughout spring and early fall.
The ipomea
These annual climbing plants do not resist winter, but allow basic foliage such as Virginia creeper to flower. Very fast growing, their flowering is very abundant from June to October. Its corolla flowers present various shades since they can be red, blue, pink, purple or white.
Fall-flowering climbing plants
Passionflower
Passionflower is a plant that captivates with its originality thanks to very unique flowers and for certain varieties small edible fruits. Some species are hardy down to -10°C. Passionflower officinale presents flowering from July to November.
It offers rapid growth estimated at 3 meters per year. We love its glazed foliage which adorns the garden for a large part of the year when it is semi-evergreen or during all seasons if you opt for a variety with evergreen foliage.
Hops
If you like them very decorative and bright foliage, hops are a choice that meets these expectations. It grows very quickly and requires no maintenance. The shape of its foliage is reminiscent of that of the vine and it is very decorative. It likes semi-shaded places.
The female plants, once fertilized, give small fruits in the shape of golden cones, while the male plants are covered with large flowers in clusters. It likes deep, rich and perfectly drained soils.
Climbing roses
Most climbing roses bloom between spring and early winter. These flowers can be white, pink, straw yellow, apricot, and most often, it gives off a very sweet scent. These are single or double. They are more or less fragrant and more or less vigorous.
The rose bush can reach up to 3.50 meters in height.
Winter flowering climbing plants
Winter clematis
Clematis has many varieties, some of which flower during winter, from December to March. They are more or less persistent and hardy to adapt to all regions, so they must be chosen carefully. The Christmas clematis resists up to -6°C or -8°C. We love its waxy creamy white bells adorned with purple and its pretty dark green evergreen foliage.
Winter jasmine
Winter jasmine does not give off any fragrance, but it has an advantage, since it flowers from December to April, illuminating your garden with yellow. It is easy to grow and offers rapid growth. This is undoubtedly why beginner and busy gardeners appreciate it.