Slow-Growing Vines
Most vines are vigorous, fast-growing plants that grow 20 to 40 feet in a single season. They have a reputation for being able to take over your lawn and garden if you don't keep them in check. A few, however, are a bit more restrained in their growth; it can take 10 years for slow-growers to reach 30 feet. Slow-growing vines such as climbing hydrangea and winter creeper can add unique patterns to fences, bricks or stone walls, and are adaptable to a variety of conditions. Does this Spark an idea?
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Yellow Star Jasmine
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Yellow star jasmine is a medium-textured, evergreen twining vine that blooms with fragrant yellow flowers. Well-adapted to USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7 and 8, it grows best in well-drained soil with partial shade. It is a slow to moderate grower, capable of climbing to a height of about 12 feet.
Climbing Hydrangea
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Hydrangeas are a large family of vines, shrubs and groundcovers. Climbing hydrangea is a slow-growing vine that grows more quickly as it ages. It can reach heights up to 50 feet, but typically is much shorter. Climbing hydrangea prefers rich, well-drained acidic soils and full sun, but is adaptable to shade and poor soil. Although deciduous, it does not display particularly showy fall color and is well-suited to Zones 5 to 8. In summer, it blooms with large yellow or white flowers.
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Winter Creeper
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Sometimes referred to as euonymus, winter creeper is an evergreen vine that climbs with aerial roots and typically has a slow to medium growth rate. Winter creeper is well suited to Zone 5 to 9, and grows to between 5 and 15 feet. Many varieties are available, with a wide range of foliage textures and colors. Winter creeper fares best in full sun or light shade.
Everblooming Honeysuckle
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This honeysuckle variety can be trained as a shrub, but usually forms a semi-bushy, slow-growing vine. Moist, rich, well-drained soil is best, but everblooming honeysuckle can adapt to almost any soil as long as it is not excessively wet. It will tolerate full sun or shade. The vines bloom in summer with deep pink and yellow flowers and display blue-tinted semi-evergreen leaves. Honeysuckle thrives in Zones 5 through 9.
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References
- NC State University: Trachelospermum Asiaticum; Erv Evans
- Ohio State University: Hydrangea Anomala Subspecies Petiolaris
- NC State University: Euonymus Fortunei Var. Radicans; Erv Evans
- University of Missouri: Selecting Landscape Plants: Ornamental Vines; Ray R. Rothenberger; 2001
- Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris
