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Vines for all Purposes

Vines for all Purposes

Vines for all Purposes

Vines are great as they make a strong vertical statement and can be used in any garden. They can be a quick disguise as well as add interest to other flowers or an otherwise boring fence. They can even be used as a ground cover for large areas that need quick coverage.

Flowering Vines

Flowering Vines

Clematis

  • Requires the support of a trellis which it will twine happily.
  • Requires a minimum of 6 hours direct sunlight to promote good flowering.
  • Prefers rich, well-drained soil that can be created by adding manure or compost to Parkwood® 3 in 1 in the planting hole. Clematis thrives in alkaline soil to which lime has been added at the time of planting and thereafter each spring.
  • Has a preference for cool, shaded roots. This won’t happen naturally when they’re planted to receive 6 hours of sun. You can provide shade with gravel or mulch or you can plant, at the same time, a low to medium-sized perennial.
  • When you’re ready to plant, handle your young Clematis carefully, they’re very fragile and break easily so do not rush the job.
  • You’ll enjoy flowers the first year in colours from pure white to lavender blue, through every shade of pink and purple. Some flowers, like Nelly Moser, are striped. Flowers can be single or double. For added impact, plant 2 different coloured Clematis together, like dark purple Still Waters and Jolly Good.

Climbing Roses

  • These are very showy performers with masses of flowers on long vigorous canes. Choose your favourite colour and check to see if it’s fragrant as well.

Wisteria

  • Flowers in late May/ early June.
  • Grows stems that become the size of small tree trunks, ensure your support for it is strong enough.
  • The long, fragrant, panicle flowers hang straight down and are best viewed over a pergola, a large arbour, or along a roof line or porch.
  • To encourage blooming, cut back at least half of the Wisteria’s summer green growth, thus re-directing energy to form spurs from which the flowers will emerge the next year.
  • It may take several years before they flower for the first time.

Trumpet Vine

  • Flowers in June/July
  • Requires up to 3 years before you see its orangey-red, trumpet-shaped in yellow, red, and salmon.

Silver Lace Vine

  • Flowers in August.
  • Grows quickly with impressive blooms.
  • Similar to Roses, they prefer lots of sun.

VInes for Fall Colour

VInes for Fall Colour

Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper

  • Non-flowering vines that grow quickly.
  • Both are both adaptable to full sun or shade but when planted in full sun, turn the most brilliant red in autumn.
  • Most frequently used to cover a fence, the wall of a house, or as a ground cover to stabilize a slope where erosion is a problem.

Vines with Berries

Vines with Berries

American Bittersweet and Porcelain Berry Vine

  • Produces vibrant berries in the fall.
  • Bittersweet is unusual because it requires a male and a female plant to cross-pollinate so the female will produce her berries.
  • Plant your American Bittersweet away from trees or shrubs as it has the habit, in the wild, of leaping onto them and smothering them.

Evergreen Vines

Evergreen Vines

This group is very significant because it provides year-round interest in the garden.

Sarcoxie Euonymus

  • Utterly dependable in the sun or shade.
  • Grows strong, woody stems that keep it straight without support.

Wintercreeper

  • Needs a trellis or fence to climb as it is not self-supporting.
  • Unique because it turns from green to a rich mahogany red in fall, so the winter colour is different from the other three seasons.

English Ivy

  • Distinctive for its dark green, pointed foliage and looks even better when combined with the variegated leaves of Emerald Gaiety Euonymus.
  • Plant English Ivy away from prevailing winds as it burns very easily in winter. A north or east wall is ideal.

Hall’s Honeysuckle

  • Semi-evergreen vines.
  • They don’t maintain all their leaves through winter, but a good portion will remain if they’re planted out of the direct wind, in a sheltered location, like English Ivy.
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