THE HARDY CLIMBERS - Perennial Vines

Note.—Different varieties of same kind will bloom at different times.

Name Color Height Start
Outdoors		 Good for Place Blooming
Season
Akabia (Akabia quinata) Violet- brown     Light
screen		   May,
June
Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) Yellow 20 ft. In the
fall		   Sun or
shade		 Bright
seeds
for
winter
Cinnamon Vine (Dioscorea) White 15 to 30 ft. Plant
roots
in
early
spring		 Rapid
growth		 Sun July,
Aug.
Clematis (numerous varietis) White Red Purple 5 to 25 ft. Start
in
early
spring		 Rapid
growth		 Stands
part
shade		 Different
kinds at
different
times.
June
to frost
Creeping Spindle (Euonymus radicans) Evergreen trailer Varies
in
height		 Procure
roots		 Wall
covering
like Ivy		    
Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia) Brownish-yellow Grows to
30 ft.		 May Dense shade Anywhere  
Honeysuckle, Japanese (Lonicera Halliana) Yellow-white 15 ft. Procure
plants		 Trellis
Fence
Walls		   June
to Aug.
Hop, Perennial (Humulus lupulus) Green 15 to
20 ft.		 Procure
roots		 Trellis Sun  
[77]Ivy, Boston or Japan (Ampelopsis or Veitchii)   Spreads
rapidly		 Procure
plants		 Covers
walls or
trees		 Sun or
shade		  
Ivy, English (Hedera helix) Evergreen   Procure
plants		 Wall
covering		 Shade-loving  
Kudzu Vine, Japanese (Pueraria Thunbergiana) Rosy-purple 10 ft.
First
year
from
seed		 Early spring Thick
screen		 Sun August
Matrimony Vine (Lycium barbaum) Purplish Shrubby Procure roots Ornament and use Sun Late
summer
Pea, Everlasting (Lathyrus latifolius) Red
White		 6 to
8 ft.		 Plant
tuber
or seed		 Trellis
or
rough
places		 Sun August

 

ANNUAL CLIMBERS

Name Color Height Sow
Indoors		 Sow
Outdoors		 Good for Place Blooming
Season
Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) White
Seeds
in tiny
balloons		 10 to
15 ft.		   May 1st
6 in.
apart		 Rapid
growing		 Sun  
Balsam Apple (Momordica) Has
curious
fruit		 10 ft.   May 6
in. apart		 Trellis or
rock-work		 Sun  
Cardinal Climber (new) (Ipomœa quamoclit hybrid) Cardinal 15 to
20 ft.		 March May Rapid
growing		 Sun June
Cypress Vine (Ipomœa quamoclit) Red
White		 10 to
20 ft.		 March
April		 May Dense
mass		 Sun June
Fire Bean, see Scarlet Runner
Gourds, Ornamental Odd
shapes		 15 to
30 ft.		   May Over arbor or
summer-house		 Sun  
Hop, Japanese (annual) (Humulus) Green 20 to
30 ft.		   May Rapid
growing
Arbors
and
screens		 Sun  
Hyacinth Bean (Dolichos) Purple
White		 10 to
20 ft.		   May Arbors
and
trellises		 Sun July
Moon Flower (Ipomœa bona-nox) White 15 to
30 ft.		 Feb. or
March		 May Rapid
growing		 Sun July
to
frost
[75]Morning Glory (Ipomœa purpurea) White
Pink
Purple
Blue		 10 to
20 ft.		   May Rapid growing Sun July,
Aug.
Nasturtium, Tall (Tropæolum majus) Yellows
to reds		 6 to
12 ft.		   May Screens
and
trellises		 Sun July
to Oct.
Scarlet Runner (Phaseolus multiflorus) Scarlet 10 to
12 ft.		   April
May		 Screens Sun July
to
frost
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus) All
colors		 3 to
6 ft.		   March Train on
brush or
chicken-wire		 Sun July
to Sept.
Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis) White 12 to
15 ft.		   May 1st Screens or
coverings		 Sun July,
Aug.