Chocolate Vine

Semi-evergreen climber with rounded leaves, 1½ to 3” long, composed of usually 5 oblong to obovate, entire leaflets, notched at the tips, dark green above, blue-green below, tinged purple in winter. Spicy smelling, brownish purple flowers are borne in pendent racemes, to 5” long, followed by fruit to 4” long.

Porcelain Berry Vine

Vigorous climber producing palmately 3-lobed, occasionally 5-lobed, dark green leaves, heavily mottled white and pink. Branched, axillary cymes of small green flowers are followed by attractive, almost spherical fruit, progressing from green to light blue to darker blue and purple shades.

Trumpet Vine

Vigorous climber with pinnate, mid- to dark green leaves, to 12” long, composed of 7 to 9 ovate, coarsely toothed leaflets. Bears pendent, terminal panicles of 6 to 12 open funnel-shaped, dark orange to red flowers, with spreading lobes. Produces relatively few aerial roots and may need to be tied permanently to its support.

Bittersweet

Woody, deciduous climber with oval to ovate, toothed, mid-green leaves, 4” long. Bears small, yellow-green flowers in terminal panicles or racemes, followed by clusters of orange-yellow fruit with red seeds. 

Clematis

Vigorous, late, large-flowered climber. Bears single flowers, 4 to 5” across. with overlapping, velvety, violet-purple sepals and deep red anthers. 

Clematis

Compact, early, large-flowered climber. Bears single, pinkish mauve flowers, 5 to 6” across, with darker central bands and red anthers. Flowers are paler in late summer. Fades in strong sun.

Evergreen Clematis

Vigorous, evergreen, early-flowering climber bearing saucer-shaped, scented white flowers, 2” across, with cream anthers, in axillary cymes.

Dogwood Clematis

Closely related to the spring-flowering Clematis montana, this is a climbing vine that can be grown on a trellis, allowed to climb up a tree or large shrub, or even to cascade over walls and slopes as more of a groundcover. Flowers are small, white, rounded four-petals that appear in late spring. This variety has a vigorous habit, and should require little pruning, but can be cut back immediately after blooming if required. Especially effective clambering through hedges or covering stumps. Will need a trellis or other support in order to climb.

Clematis

Herbaceous perennial with usually, simple inversely lance-shaped to elliptic leaves. Solitary, bell-shaped, mid-blue flowers, 2” long, with 4 slightly twisted sepals and cream anthers, are followed by silvery brown seed pods.

Clematis

Late-flowering, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with purple young foliage. Terminal panicles of small, star-shaped, heavily scented white flowers, ¾” across, with cream anthers, are followed by attractive seed heads. Needs support.