Ivydene Gardens Climber Plant Gallery:
Climber Plant Index - Annual Climber Index Page 1

3 Sector Vertical Plant System from Infill3 Gallery

Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0) describes how to choose, plant and nurture over 500 high-performance climbing plants and wall shrubs, so that more can be made of your garden if you think not just laterally on the ground but use the vertical support structures including the house as well.

Warning - Just as it is a mistake to try to keep a tiger in a dog's kennel, it can be a disaster to plant a rampant grower in a site that it will very quickly outgrow. Strong climbers, especially self-supporting ones (Ivy, Ampelopsis, Parthenocissus and Vitis), can quickly get to the eaves, where they may sabotage gutters, and if allowed to get onto the roof, distort or even dislodge tiling. Climbing roses must be supported by humans tying them to structures since the roses cannot do it themselves (keep the top of the structures 3 feet below the eaves so that annual pruning can reduce the risk of the odd stem reaching the guttering!!).

There are 3 sectors on a house wall or high wall:-

• 0-36 inches (0-90 cms) in height - The Base. This gives the most sheltered conditions in the garden, with soil and air temperatures above those of the surrounding area. This area will suffer less buffeting from wind. Soil care will be ensuring a high humus content - to enrich the nutrient value and help to create reservoirs of moisture. Light intensity will depend on the aspect of the wall (North-facing will get very little sunlight) with the surrounding buildings and plants, including trees.
  The following pages in InFill3 gallery cover
  The Base:
  • 1a Base of Wall Plants
  • 1b Annuals
  • 1c Herbs and Vegetables
  • 1d Cut Flowers, Cut Foliage
  • 1e Scented Flower or Foliage
  • 1f Foliage Use only.
• 36-120 inches (90-300 cms) in height - The Prime Site. As the plant moves upwards to about 6 feet, conditions change: plants still benefit from the reflected heat and stored heat of walls warmed by the sun but have more light and air. Many climbers will have established a trunk below and now begin to spread themselves. This middle section is visually important, because it is at eye level and just below that that we should display those items to which we want to draw most attention. Most of the shrubs that are suitable for growing against walls are between 3 and 10 feet in height.
  The following pages in Infill3 gallery cover
  The Prime Site:
  • 2a Wall Shrubs 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 2b Fruit Trees
  • Plants for Wildlife-use as well
  • Raised Bed for Wheelchair Users
• Above 120 inches (300+ cms) in height - The Higher Reaches. This is only likely to occur on house walls and other tall buildings with climbers and trained trees/shrubs covering all the way up to 36 inches from the guttering at roof level ( to prevent ingress to the internal roof space or blockage of the guttering).
  The following pages in Infill3 gallery cover
  The Higher Reaches:
  • 3a House-Wall Ramblers
  • 3b Non-House-Wall Climbing Twiners 1, 2
  • 3c Non-House-Wall Self-Clinging Climbers

The climbers in this gallery have been placed into one of these 3 heights with the Text Box Boundary in:-

• Blue for 0-36 inches (0-90 cms)
• Green for 36-120 inches (90-300 cms)
• Red for above 10 feet.

This Gallery splits the climbers into their following ways of climbing:-

• Ramblers/Scramblers - These climbers lean on other plants or need artificial supports to climb - Roses, Jasmine, Espalier-trained Fruit Tree/Fruit Ramblers. These are suitable for house or building walls where vine-eye and wire or 1 inch square timber trellis support structures can be erected up to 3 feet below the gutter for the climbers to be tied to with natural twine (not plastic or metal wire - stems grow sideways but plastic and metal contrict this, whereas natural twine will eventually rot or be broken by the expanding stem), or they can be trained on chainlink fences, trellis, pergolas or arbours. Herbaceous Clematis has been added since the top growth dies off completely in the Autumn and Non-Climbing Clematis since it will require being tied to a support structure. In theInfill3 Plants Index Gallery, these climbers go into the
  3a House-Wall Ramblers
   
• Self-Clingers: Aerial Roots - A series of roots are produced along the length of its stems. These attach themselves very strongly to the surfaces they find - Ivy (Hedera).
  Self-Clingers: Sucker Pads - Tendrils are produced along the young growing stems, opposite the leaves. The main tendril stem divides into a number of slender filaments, each of which has a scarcely perceivable pad at its tip.Once the tips have established contact, the tiny pad is much expanded and becomes a significant sucker, which fits so strongly to the surface that if the stem is pulled away the suckers are left behind- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).
  Self-Clingers: Twining - Many climbers find support simply by twining their stems around any object they find - Wisteria and Honeysuckle.
  Self-Clingers: Twining Leaf-Stem - Some climbers make do with sensitive leaf stalks which wrap themselves around objects for support - Clematis. Others establish themselves with thorns, hooks, spines and prickles.
  Self-Clingers: Twining Tendrils - A group of climbers climb by producing a series of tendrils. These are touch sensitive and will curl round any small object they come into contact with and thus enable the plant to climb securely on itself or other plants or manmade support structures - Chinese Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus henryana), Sweet Pea and the Pea Family (Leguminosae).
  All these Self-Clingers are suitable for garden walls, chainlink fences, trellis, pergolas or fedges, but not for House-Walls. In the Infill3 Plants Index Gallery, these climbers go into the
  3b The Higher Reaches - Non-House-Wall Climbing Twiners 1, 2 Page or
  3c The Higher Reaches - Non-House-Wall Self-Clinging Climbers Page.
   

Climber 3 Sector Vertical Plant System Use Pages:-

• Fastest Covering
• Least Protruding Growth when fan-trained
• Evergreen 1, 2
• In Exposed Position
• Produces Ornamental Fruit 1, 2
• Scented Flowers
• Autumn Foliage Colour 1, 2
• Winter Bark
• Winter and Early Spring Flowers
• Edible Fruit
• Needs Conservatory or Greenhouse
• Large Pots and Containers
• Cut Flowers
• Attractive to Bees
• Use as Hedge
• Use as Groundcover
• Has Flowers during:-
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May 1, 2
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
• Simple Flower Shape:-
  • Stars
  • Bowls, Cups and Saucers
  • Globes, Goblets and Chalices
  • Trumpets and Funnels
  • Salverform
  • Bells, Thimbles and Urns
• Elaborated Flower Shape:-
  • Tubes, Lips and Straps
  • Slippers, Spurs and Lockets
  • Hats, Hoods and Helmets
  • Standards, Wings and Keels
  • Disks and Florets
  • Pin-cushions, Tufts, Petal-less and Cushions
  • Umbels, Buttons and Pompoms

The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs - A guide to more than 2000 varities including Roses, Clematis and Fruit Trees by Brian Davis. Published by Penguin Books Ltd. in 1990. ISBN 0-670-82929-3 is providing more climbers to add to the ones from Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0).

Further details of each are available in Climber Gallery
Climber Ramblers and Scramblers for House Wall and other supports like garden walls, pergolas, tripods, shrubs, trees,
Climber Wall Shrub Index for House Wall and other areas of the garden,
Climber Annuals Index for all support areas except House Walls,
Climber Base of Wall Plants for all support areas except House Walls,
Climber Self-Clinging Index for all support areas except House Walls,
Climber Tender Plants Index for all support areas except House Walls, or
Climber Twiners Index for all support areas except House Walls

Climber Name

from Climber - 1b The Base - Annuals Page

Flower Colour

Flower Thumbnail

Flowering Months

Height x Width in inches (cms) -
1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot,
36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms

Climber Type and
Foliage Thumbnail - Sun or Shade = Any Sun Aspect or Full Sun to Part Shade to Full Shade

Comments

Calceolaria integrifolia
(Bush Slipperwort, Pouch flower, Slipper flower)

Mainly bright yellow, slipper flowers.

Jun-Sep

48 x 9-12
(120 x 23-30)

Moist, well-drained

The Base - Annuals
Used outside in hanging baskets, containers and for summer bedding. Keep in Heated Greenhouse or Con-servatory from Oct-May as sub-shrubby perennial.

There are other calceolaria used as alpines in Rock Garden Plants Suitable for Small Gardens in Colour Wheel Rock Gallery
Prefers cool moist acid soil. Add plenty of high-humus compost before planting.
 

Cobaea scandens (Cup-and-Saucer Vine, Cathedral Bell)

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Bell-shaped purple flower - 2 inches (5 cm) long - sits on creamy-green 'saucer' in the upper leaf axils. Sweetly fragrant once fully open.

Deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering in Full Sun.

These flowers are very popular for exotic-looking floral arrangements.

They seldom start to flower before they are 60 inches (150 cms) high.

Sow under cover January-March - on their edge rather than laying them flat - and then pot them on into a 1 or 2L pot and make them a frame of sticks in the pot over which they will climb. Plant out after last frost, with their climbing frame. Plant out on south-east facing walls.

Jul-Nov

100-160 x 20-40
250-400 x 50-100)
Space them 30 inches (75cm) apart at the base of a frame or wall.

Its evergreen leaves are up to 5 inches (12.5 cms) long, in 4 leaflets, accompanied by branched tendrils with lots of tiny hooks. These help it to climb, but a little extra help with ties early on can be rewarding.

The Base - Annuals
A vigorous climber from Mexico with large, pale violet or purple flowers. Strictly a perennial (grown as such it will take over the green-house), but best grown as a half-hardy annual when it can be grown in the open. May be hardy outside in some regions with frost-free protection in winter.

Grows up wall supports or through and over shrubs and small trees.
Easier in the UK to grow it in a greenhouse and you can also grow it in pots. Grow it South- or West-facing.

Keep indoors in a greenhouse at 7C in the winter to prevent death by freezing.

Sow seed outside in May.

There are 2 varieties, var. f alba, with white flowers; and var. variegata, which has leaves variegated with creamy-white.

Cucurbita maxima (Winter Squash)

Plants exist with a "bush habit" that is particularly evident in young plants, but older plants grow in the wild-type vining manner.

Yellow

This is grown for its fruit - pumpkins, rather than for flowers. These ripen and colour in the autumn and can be collected then and used for indoor decoration during the winter.

Sow seeds singly in pots in gentle heat, about the beginning of April and they are planted out as soon as the risk of spring frosts has gone. They can also be planted directly in the soil in May, but they will be later comiing into fruit.

Flowers from Jul-Sep and the seeds ripen from Aug-Oct

24 x 200
(60 x 500)

Plant 96-120 inches (240-300 cms) apart.

The Base - Annuals
Position, beds in frames, on heaps of decayed manure or refuse, or on banks, the shoots runnig down the slope. Pinch out points of main shoots when 18 inches (45 cm) long once planted outside; no pinching required afterwards. Fertilise female blooms. Water freely in dry weather. Apply liquid manure frequently after fruit is set. Fruit for preserving should be cut when yellow and then be hung up in a dry room till wanted for use.

Cucurbita - the various ornamental gourds are tendrilled climbers to grow on trellis on the wall or on trellis between the flower and vegetable garden as a summer/autumn screen.

Cucurbita maxima includes the giant pumpkins, they are very large-leaved.

They are killed off by frost.
The best soil is a light, sandy loam.
Well-drained, moist, acidic, sandy, loamy soil in Full Sun or Part Shade.

Grows well with sweetcorn and thornapple, but dislikes potatoes.

Cucurbita moschata
(Butternut Squash, Winter Squash)

Creamy-White to Orange-Yelllow

This is grown for its fruit - squashes, rather than for flowers. These ripen and colour in the autumn and can be collected then and used for indoor decoration during the winter.

Sow seeds where plants are to grow in May and June.

Flowers from Jul-Aug and the seeds ripen from Sep-Oct

Harvest in fall for culinary use. Young flowers, leaves, shoot tips and seeds are also edible.

9-18 x 120-180
(22.5-45 x 300-450)

Plant 36-60 inches (90-150cms) apart.

The Base - Annuals
Water freely
in dry weather. Apply liquid manure occasionally when plants are laden with fruit. Gather fruit when yellow, and hang it up in dry room till wanted for use. No pinching of shoots required.

This plant covers the varied squashes with 5-lobed leaves and ribbed and channelled fruit stems.

They are killed off by frost.

The best soil is a light, sandy loam. Well-drained, moist, acidic, sandy, loamy soil in Full Sun or Part Shade.

Grows well with sweetcorn and thornapple, but dislikes potatoes.

Cucurbita pepo (Summer Squash, Gourds, Pumpkin)

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Plants exist with a "bush habit" that is particularly evident in young plants, but older plants grow in the wild-type vining manner.

Yellow /Orange with separate male and female flowers being borne on the same plant

Sow seeds where plants are to grow in May and June.

Flowers from Jul-Sep and the seeds ripen from Aug-Oct

24 x 200
(60 x 500)

Plant 96-120 inches (240-300 cms) apart.

The Base - Annuals
This annual vine can easily be grown from seed. It is best grown in fertile, organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained loams in full sun. Fertilize well, as plants can be heavy producers. Fruits resting on mulch, straw or boards resist rot. Plants will continue to produce until the first frost if all fruits are picked prior to maturity. Harvest summer squash when young before flesh gets woody and seeds harden. Harvest winter squash when mature but prior to first fall frost.

Summer squashes can be eaten raw in salads or stir-fried, batter fried, steamed, or cooked in a variety of additional ways including such things as zucchini breads. Summer squash blossoms are excellent in soups and stews, sauteed, stuffed, or dipped in batter and fried.

Suitable for training across the roofing beams of wooden pergolas, or on an upright trellis fixed to a south-facing house wall.

They are killed off by frost.

The best soil is a light, sandy loam. Well-drained, moist, acidic, sandy, loamy soil in Full Sun or Part Shade.

Grows well with sweetcorn and thornapple, but dislikes potatoes.

Eccremocarpus scaber (Chilean Glory Flower)

Long, tubular, - with a range of hybrids in reds, oranges, pinks and yellows - flowers

May-Oct

200 x 20-40
(500 x 50-100)

Each evergreen leaf has a branched tendril to act as a self-clinger with twining tendrils. It may survive overwinter in milder areas, but either treat it as an annual, or plant in pot and overwinter plant in frost-free greenhouse.

The Base - Annuals
Seed is sown under glass in February; the seedlings are potted up and planted in May, the plants flowering about 6 weeks later. In warm , sheltered gardens facing the sea, this climber will live for many years, growing 60 or 72 inches (150-180 cms) high and clambering over bushes, covering them with tubular, orange-red flowers. It likes a fairly rich soil, especially when cultivated in a cool greenhouse, where it is perennial.

This is one of the fastest growing climbing plants and is useful for clothing pillars, pergolas, arches or just to grow over a strong shrub or tree.

Limit its growth to a trellis of up to 60 inches (150 cms) from the ground on a house-wall and cut off any shoots reaching above this.

It is liable to seed itself around.

It is however a climber that needs a bit of careful help through the season to get attached.

Helianthus annuus (Common Sunflower, Annual Sunflower, Sunflowers)
 

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The flower head is comprised of outer yellow ray florets, which serve to attract pollinators, and inner brownish disc florets which are fertile.

Full Sun

Jul-Oct

36-120 x 18-36
(90-300 x 45-90)

Moist, well-drained soil with heavy mulch on dry, disturbed clays or heavy sands.

The Base - Annuals
Specimen or mass. Borders, cottage gardens, bird gardens, wildflower or native plant gardens. Large varieties for border rears or back-grounds. Dwarf varieties for beds, border fronts or containers.

Sunflower is pollinated by bees and some farmers place bee colonies in sunflower fields which produce honey as a by-product.
Easy to grow, branching habit so great for cut flowers. A charming flower for the youngsters to have a go at growing.
Removal of browned and tattered plants from the garden after bloom may improve the appearance of the landscape, but is a great disappointment to local bird populations that love to feed on the seeds.

Ipomoea coccinea
(Quamoclit coccinea, Star Morning Glory, Red Morning Glory, Redstar)

3-8 Brilliant Scarlet flowers, to 0.75 inches (2 cm) across, with yellow throats

5 petal flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Food source for songbirds and hummingbirds.

Aug till frost

80-160 x
(200-400 x )

Entire or bold toothed, ovate, mid-to-deep-green leaves3-5.5 inches (7-14cm) long

The Base - Annuals
 

It can be an aggressive climber in moist soil under Full Sun or Part Shade.. Can be planted in coastal gardens.

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea indica
(Ipomoea acuminata, Ipomoea learii, Blue dawn flower, Ocean-blue Morning-Glory)

Under favourable conditions, I. indica can produce large amounts of seeds that easily germinate establishing new colonies, which rapidly invade new areas and climb on mature trees, shrubs and other plant species producing a profuse canopy and consequently outcompeting the supporting species for nutrients, water and sunlight. This species has allelopathic activity and releases a chemical that is poisonous to native plants.
In New Zealand and Australia, it is listed as a problematic environmental weed.

Abundant funnel-shaped, rich purple-blue to blue flowers, 2.5-3.5 inches (6-8 cm) across, in cymes of 3-5, often maturing to purplish-red

Flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Jun-Oct when in greenhouse, Aug-Oct when growing outside in the UK

240 x 60
(600 x 150)

Evergreen, heart-shaped or 3-lobed, slender pointed, mid-green leaves, 2.5-7 inches (6-17 cm) long.

It grows on moist, well-drained, light or sandy loam soils with H in the range 6.1-7.5. It requires full sun and prefers 18-30C temperature range where it can flower throughout the year

The Base - Annuals
Encourage growth by giving the ground plenty of peaty loam among their roots and some cow or horse manure if possible.

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train these herbaceous climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea lobata
(Ipomoea versicolor, Quamoclit lobata, Spanish Flag)

Dense, one-sided racemes, to 12 inches (30 cms) long, of slightly curved, narrow, tubular scarlet flowers, maturing to orange and yellow, then white.

Flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Jul-Oct or first frost, or throughout the year in warm climates.

84-120 x 72
(210-300 x 180)
Space 4 inches (10 cms) apart

Crimson-flushed stems and stalks. Toothed, mid- to deep green leaves, to 4 inches (10 cms) long, with 3 prominent, finger-like lobes and 2-4 smaller basal lobes.

The Base - Annuals
 

It grows on moist, well-drained, chalky, or sandy soil in Full Sun

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 50F (10C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea purpurea
(Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpurea, Common Morning Glory)

Trumpet-shaped flowers, in pink, purple-blue, magenta, or white with white tubes, are borne in cymes of 3-7, or singly.

Flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Jun-Aug

Sow in Mar-May, plant out in May-Jun into well-drained moist sand soil in Full Sun or Part Shade where it can attract bees and other pollinators.

72-120 x 72
(180-300 x 180)

Slender, hairy, and bristly stems. Leaves are broadly ovate, entire or 3-lobed, mid-green, 1.5-4 inches (4-10 cm) long.

The Base - Annuals
 

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea tricolor
'Heavenly Blue'
(Morning Glory Vine)

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Ipomoea is from ips, bindweed; and homoios, like or similar.

'Heavenly Blue' is Azure-blue, trumpet-shaped flowers, each with a white eye, open in the morning, but appear in a continuous stream throughout the summer; to 3 inches (7.5 cms) across.

Full Sun

Flowers open wide in the earrly morning sun, but are short-lived and will not last into the afternoon, but others follow the following day.

Culture for all these Ipomoea - Compost, equal parts fibrous loam, leaf-mould, decayed manure and silver sand. Position, pots, beds or borders in warm greenhouse, shoots trained on trellis. Sow 3 seeds of theses annual species 0.125 inches (3mm) deep in a 2.5 inch (6.25 cm) pot in temperature 65F in March. Transfer seedlings when 2 inches (5cm) high into 5 inch (12.5 cm) pots. Train to trellis or sticks.

As a pot-plant the Morning Glory can be kept to a height of about 24 inches (60 cms) by pinching out the top shoots. A slender bamboo cane is the best thing for it to twine round.

Jun-Aug

Sow seed in Mar-Apr, plant out in May-Jun. Its nectar-pollen-rich flowers attract bees.

This plant is toxic to cats, dogs and horses.

Associate with Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott' (Morning Glory), Trachelo-spermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine) and Cobaea scandens f. alba (Cathedral Bells)

120 x 80
(300 x 200)

Heart-shaped light to mid-green leaves

The Base - Annuals
Morning glory is a fast-growing, twining annual.
This is a spectacular annual or short-lived perennial climber, that is ideal for training over a pergola or arch in a sunny, sheltered site.

FOR POT PLANTS: Transplant in a soil-based compost to 20cm (8in) pots and grow in a cool, well ventilated position with shade from direct sun.

CAUTION: Seeds are poisonous.

Cultivars include

white-colored ‘Pearly Gates’;

‘Heavenly Blue’;

crimson-colored, white-throated ‘Crimson Rambler’;

and ‘Flying Saucers’, a batik-looking blend of white and blue accented by a golden throat.

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea tricolor
'Flying Saucers'

Variably marbled, white and purple-blue flowers.

Flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Jun-Sep

72-120 x 12
(180-300 x 30)

Heart-shaped light to mid-green leaves

The Base - Annuals
Morning glory is a fast-growing, twining annual.
This is a spectacular annual or short-lived perennial climber, that is ideal for training over a pergola or arch in a sunny, sheltered site.

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Ipomoea tricolor
'Crimson Rambler'

Red flowers with white throats.

Flowers only last for about 12 hours.

Jun-Sep

72-120 x 12
(180-300 x 30)

Heart-shaped light to mid-green leaves

The Base - Annuals
Morning glory is a fast-growing, twining annual.
This is a spectacular annual or short-lived perennial climber, that is ideal for training over a pergola or arch in a sunny, sheltered site.

Being tender in the UK, it is grown as an annual twiner climber in a sunny sheltered site. When the temperature drops below 45F (7C), transfer these plants to a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warmer areas, train climbers over a pergola or arch or up a trellis on the house wall, or use them as dense ground cover.

Lagenaria siceraria

The Base - Annuals
 

Lathyrus odoratus with 900 results from RHS
(Sweet Pea)

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The National Sweet Pea Society promotes knwledge and cultivation of Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet Peas) and other members of the Lathyrus family.

Many pea-shaped with 2 wings and a keel flower colours

Full Sun

May-Aug

71 x 12
(180 x 30)

The Base - Annuals
Ideal For: patio, walls and fences, cottage gardens, scented gardens, cut flower garden

See Growing Sweet Peas page from The National Sweet Pea Society for further sowing details,

or

Join The National Sweet Pea Society and receive the Booklet "Enjoy Sweet Peas" Produced by the Society - Softback – 9th edition 2008 (sent free to new members). First written in 1946, this completely revised and illustrated 88 page booklet contains invaluable information on cultivation of the Sweet Pea.

Grow sweet peas in fertile, well-drained, humus-rich soil and in full sun or very light dappled shade. For best results, incorporate organic matter such as garden compost or well-rotted manure at least four weeks before planting and apply a mulch of Spent Mushroom Compost with matured Cow Manure to provide fertiliser throughout the growing season. After planting, water the plants well during dry spells.

Lathyrus odoratus 'Beaujolais'
(Spencer Sweet Pea)

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Jun-Sep

72 x 18
(180 x 45)

The Base - Annuals
Their bold colouring teams up well with lush purples and plums.

Summer Bedding,
Darkest Burgundy Flowers with
Long flowering
(June-September)
Scented Flowers
Acid Soil,
Clay Soil.
Chalky Soil.
Sandy Soil.
Bedding use in
Screening
and
Pots and Troughs

Pueraria lobata

The Base - Annuals
 

Rhodochiton atrosanguineus

The Base - Annuals
 

Thunbergia alata (Black-eyed Susan vine)

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Salmon, White, Yellow tubular flowers

Full Sun,
Part Shade

Jun-Aug

96 x 96
(240 x 240)

The Base - Annuals
This tender perennial climber is evergreen in Zones 10 and warmer. Where grown as an annual, plants can reach 8 feet; when grown as a perennial, 20 feet. In warmer climates, grow perennial climbers along permanent structures and shrubs in mixed borders.

Use in Trellises, arbors, fences or other structures around the home. Also effective in hanging baskets where the vine can twist around the basket supports or in patio containers with a small trellis or obelisk burried in the container.

Soak Black-Eyed Susan Vine seed in water for 12 hours, then sow in 2 in. pots or cell packs, press into soil and completely cover. Kept at 75-80°F., germination is in 14-21 days. Transplant seedlings into the garden 12-18 in. apart, after all danger of frost.

Tropaeolum majus (Garden Nasturtium, Indian cress, monks cress)

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Supplier of Red Wonder nasturtiums are flowering, structured, frost tender annuals with trailing growth habit. It has showy, large, dark red flowers and green foliage

Summer Bedding plant whose flower colour varies from yellow to orange to red, frilled and often darker at the base of the petals. Helmet flower shape.

Full Sun

Jun-Sep

18-30
(45-75)

The Base - Annuals
Used by Humming-birds and butterflies, as ground-cover and in pots.

All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient; it has a slightly peppery taste reminiscent of watercress, and is also used in stir fry. The flowers contain about 130 mg vitamin C per 100 grams (3.5 oz), about the same amount as is contained in parsley. Moreover, they contain up to 45 mg of lutein per 100 gr, which is the highest amount found in any edible plant. The unripe seed pods can be harvested and dropped into spiced vinegar to produce a condiment and garnish, sometimes used in place of capers.

Tropaeolum perigrinum (Tropaeolum canariensis)

The Base - Annuals
 

CLIMBER PLANTS GALLERY PAGES

Site Map of pages with content (o)

Introduction

Climber Height from Text Border for the 3 height sectors on a house wall or high wall

Blue = 0-36 inches (0-90 cms) for the Base Plants

Green=36-120 inches (90-300 cms)
for the
Prime Site Plants

Red = 120+ inches (300+ cms) for the Higher Reaches Plants

CLIMBER INDEX -

Climbers for House Wall and other supports like garden walls, pergolas, tripods, shrubs, trees:-
Ramblers and Scramblers.

Wall Shrubs.

Base of Wall
Plants.

Climbers for all support areas except House Walls:-
Self-Clinging Climbers.

Twiners.

Annuals.

Tender Plants.

Further details of each are available in:-
Climber Ramblers and Scramblers Index.

Climber Wall Shrub Index 1, 2.

Climber Annuals Index.

Climber Base of Wall Plants Index.

Climber Self-Clinging Index.

Climber Tender Plants Index.

Climber Twiners Index.

Climber detailed in Camera Photo Galleries Index

Rose Index of Rose Plant, Rose RHS and Rose Other Galleries

Climber Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

Flowering months range abreviates month to its first 3 letters (Apr-Jun is April, May and June).
Click on thumbnail to change page to the Climber Description Page of the Climber named in the Text box below that photo.
The Comments Row of that Climber Description Page details where that climber is available from.

See in the table in the middle of this page for further details about
The Base,
The Prime Site and
The Higher Reaches - the 3 planting sectors on a house wall or high wall.
 

Climber Name

Flower Colour

Flower Thumbnail

Flowering Months

Height x Width in inches (cms) -
1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot,
36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms

Climber Type and
Foliage Thumbnail - Sun or Shade = Any Sun Aspect or Full Sun to Part Shade to Full Shade

Comments

Ivydene Gardens Climber Plant Gallery:
Climber Plant Index - Annual Climber Index Page 1

Plant Name

Major source of honey in the UK Yes/No
Used by
HoneyBees - HB,
Short-Tongued Bumblebees - ST,
Long-Tongued Bumblebees - LT,
Solitary Bees - SOL

Type

The key ingredients a bird needs from your garden are
Shelter,
Food and
Water,
as expanded in Ground-cover Plant
Name W Page

Height x Spread in inches (cms)

Spacing distance between plants of same species in inches (cms)

Foliage

Some poisonous plants from 3 Sector Vertical Plant System are indicated, but there are others in Cultivated Poisonous Plants and
Wildflower Poisonous Plants

Flower Colour in Month(s).

Use Pest Control using Plants to provide a Companion Plant to aid your selected plants from 3 Sector Vertical Plant System or deter its pests

Comments

United States Department of Agriculture
Plant Hardiness Zone Map -
This map of USA is based on a range of average annual minimum winter temperatures, divided into 13 of 10-degree F zones, that this plant will thrive in USA, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
There are other Hardiness Zone Maps for the rest of the world including the one for Great Britain and Ireland of zones 7a to 10a.
Zone 5-9 indicates that the minimum zone temperature this plant will grow is 5 and top minimum zone temperature is 9 - above this number is too hot or below 5 is too cold for the plant. If your zone in your area of your country is within that range or your zone number is greater, then you can grow it in your garden.

Pruning of
Woody Plants in Groups 1 - 13 and
Herbaceous Perennials in Group 14 with
Ferns in Group 15 and
Evergreen Perennials in Group 16.

Climber Type from the 3 Sector Vertical Plant System and
Foliage Thumbnail - Sun or Shade = Any Sun Aspect or Full Sun to Part Shade to Full Shade