Cobaea scandens

 

 

Tecomanthe hillii
'roaring Meg'

Mansoa alliacea

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CLIMBERS grown

Quisqualis indica

 

Climbers Growing Hints

Climbers give height and drama to a garden.
The most important thing with climbers is that you need a suitable support.  The stronger the climber the stronger the support needs to be.  A support could be a fence, an arbor, a post, a sheet of mesh or for Wisteria, a purpose built structure is best.  Always put the structure up first so that you do not damage the root system when planting.

Climbers are usually plants that grow in a situation with other plants as they use trees in nature to climb up to the light.  Because of this they usually like their base or root system in shade so this should be considered when planting them.  Mulching them is also beneficial.

Climbers certainly give impact to a garden with their height and often stunning flowers which may flower in large bunches like wisteria and mansoa alliaea.  Some have striking colours as in the cerise bracts of Dalechampia and the orange flowers of Thunbergia mysorensis.

A lot of climbers are very drought tolerant and most take a while to establish so be patient.  Some climbers like Bougainvillea and Wisteria need a lot of pruning whilst others need very little.  It is important to prune after flowering has finished.

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COMMON NAME Climbing abutilon Allamanda Herald’s Trumpet Bougainvillea Chinese trumpet creeper Climbing frangipani Clerodendrum Argentine Trumpet vine Monastery Bells Scarlet Comb Handkerchief vine Red trumpet vine Waxflower Moon flower Cardinal Creeper Sweet Willy Jasmine Mandevilla Garlic Vine Climbing snapdragon Fruit salad plant Nasturtium Wonga Wonga vine Sandpaper vine Snail Creeper Philodendron South African Trumpet Vine Flame Vine Quisqualis Rangoon Creeper Devil’s Ivy Natal ivy Chalice Vine Variegated Golden Chalice Vine Madagascan Jasmine Lady slipper vine Star Jasmine Japenese Wisteria Chinese Wisteria

BOTANICAL NAME Abutilon Allamanda cathartica Beaumontia grandiflora Bougainvillea hybrids Campsis grandiflora Chonemorpha fragrans Clerodendrum x speciosum Clytostoma callistegioides Cobaea scandens Combretum coccineum Dalechampia roezliana Distictis buccinatoria Hoya  sp Ipomoea Alba Ipomoea Horsfalliae Ipomoea quamoclit Jasminum polyanthum Mandevilla splendens Mansoa alliacea Maurandya barclayana Monstera deliciosa Nasturtium Pandorea pandorama Petrea volubilis Phaseolus caracalla syn. Vigna caracalla Philodendron sp Podranea ricasoliana Pyrostegia venusta Quisqualis mussaenda Quisqualis indica Scindapsus pictus Senecio macroglossus Solandra maxima Solandra maxima ‘Variegata’ Stephanotis floribunda Thunbergia mysorensis Trachelospermum jasminoides Wisteria floribunda Wisteria sinensis