Vines & Climbing Perennials
See also Clematis and Honeysuckle

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Common Name:  'Silver Lace Vine'
Botanical Name : Polygonum aubertii

Vigorous growing and twining in habit, this vine is adaptable and showy with its late summer blooms. Loads of small white, fragrant blooms appear on profuse panicles in early August and continues through September with a fleecy appearance that gives this plant its name.

Matures 30-35' tall or wide.                 Hardy to Zone 5.

Common Name:  'Trumpet Vine'
Botanical Name : Campsis radicans  

This aggressively growing vine is easy to grow and one of the most rewarding plants you can have in your landscape. It make take a while to bloom, but once it does, you'll marvel at its abundance of reddish-orange flowers throughout the summer and the wildlife they attract.  Trumpet Vine is one of the best plants in the landscape for attracting hummingbirds while also providing a food source for a variety of native bees and insects.  Even better, its big expanse and thick growth provide an essential nesting area for a big cross-section of our native songbirds, bringing color and life to your landscape even when this American Beauties gem is out of flower.

Matures: 30' tall or wide.    Hardy to Zone 4.

Common Name:  'Trumpet Vine'
Botanical Name : Campsis radicans  'Flamenco'

Vigorous and floriferous, you'll find 'Flamenco' is a perfect flowering vine for late summer with masses of fiery-red, orange throated tubular flowers starting late July and continuing right on into September. The incredible color that 'Flamenco' brings to the landscape is augmented by its attractiveness to butterflies and hummingbirds which will make this plant a nectar source through out the late summer. 'Flamenco', is easy to grow, thriving in any sunny or partially sunny spot and putting up with most any soil. Make sure your provide this vine with good support since, like all Campsis, 'Flamenco' is a heavy, woody plant.

Will travel up to 40' tall and wide.      Hardy to Zone 4.

Common Name:  'Virginia Creeper'
Botanical Name : Parthenocissus quinquefolia  

Here's a vine that has so much to offer the landscape, yet few people know about it.  Virginia Creeper is easy to grow and is a perfect plant of sun or partial shade on a trellis, rock wall, or any other sturdy structure.  It displays unique, 5 leaflet palmate, dark green foliage that looks beautiful throughout the growing season and provides great bird and mammal cover and a great food source for caterpillars of some of our favorite butterflies.  This plant's inconspicuous spring flowers produce a multitude of deep bluish-purple berries that birds find quite attractive.  This functional, easy to grow plant also puts on a crimson-red fall foliage show that would make this American Beauties selection worth growing even if the landscape critters didn't love it.

Matures: 40-50' tall or wide.    Hardy to Zone 4.

Common Name: Chinese 'Wisteria'
Botanical Name : Wisteria macrostachya ''Aunt Dee'  

Dependable and magnificent in bloom, this aggressive growing vine explodes with light purple, grape-like flower cluster in mid to late-May.  Heavy duty support is a must for this woody vine.

Matures: 50-60' tall or wide.    Hardy to Zone 4.

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