How to Grow Unusual Climbing Plants
There are some truly unusual plants you can grow if you want to seek out rare plants. But in the garden you want to grow plants that will do well and aren't impossible to find. Here are some suggestions on how to grow some unusual climbing plants that may do well in your garden. Does this Spark an idea?
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There are many less common varieties of familiar climbing plants that may be a little more interesting and unusual than the common varieties. These can give a more interesting spin to the usual vines.
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
Rather than planting the rather rampant white and yellow varieties, try some of the red, orange, yellow, pink or purple flowering honeysuckles. Some of my favorites are Lonicera x heckrottii Goldflame, Lonicera Aureoreticulata, and Lonicera magnifica. -
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Clematis
Here's another plant that can be a charmer. Rather than the typically used Clematis 'Jackmanii' try some of the double flowered varieties, decorative seed head forming varieties, bicolors, or other unusual forms and colors of this lovely vine. -
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Look for less common climbing hydrangeas, unique varieties of climbing rose, and Hardenbergia now available in a new pink cultivar.
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Tropical vines
If you are fortunate enough to live where the temperatures stay warm in the winter, there are wonderful choices in tropical climbing plants. Check into the odd Dutchman Pipes (Aristolochia), Eccremocarpus, Kennedia or the Glory Lily to name only four. -
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And don't forget edibles that grow on vines. Kiwis can be found with colored foliage or the more familiar fuzzy fruits (plant a male and female plant together for fruiting), look for decorative gourds, or try a squash relative used in Mexican cooking, the chayote.
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There are even unusual varieties of the familiar annual growing vines; Nasturtium, Sweet Pea and Morning Glory.
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With a little research, you can find a wonderful choice of unusual climbing plants to grow in your garden.
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