Flowering Vines

Be it walls, terrace, roofs, fences, or pillars, they are certainly going to look beautiful with flowering vines twined around them. It transforms the usual object into a thing of beauty. The arbors, walls, trellises, and pillars covered with vines attract the attention and enhance the appearance of your house. These vines are an essential part of flower gardens and are known to attract the hummingbirds and butterflies. If you are also planning to plant flowering vines, then it is advisable to know it's two basic types and ideal region or zone to grow a particular flowering vine.

Vine Zones
Not all the flowering vines can survive in every weather condition. So, United States has created a map that indicates the specific zone for every vine. Each zone indicates an ideal temperature to grow for a particular flowering plant. These zones are numbered and are allotted various colors. For example, flowering vines zone 5 indicates, that a temperature of that zone is -20 to -10 degree Celsius and is suitable for clematis and Boston Ivy, etc. The temperature of vines zone 7 is 0 to 10 degree Celsius and is suitable for trumpet vine and climbing lily. Flowering zone 9 indicates that the temperature of this zone is 20 to 30 degree Celsius and it is ideal to grow Hydrangea and Virginia Creeper. The zone map is based on average temperatures, so you can choose from vines outside your zone if you are closer to that zone. For example, if the plant is recommended for zone 3 and you are closer to zone 4, you can still grow that vine according to the temperature.

Annual Vines
These are best vines for shade, as they grow to their optimum length and size in one season. They are also the fast growing vines. So, for long term and faster growth, annual flowers are the best as they grow up to 20 feet in one season. They do not hold the walls tightly. Moon flowers, cup and saucer, hyacinth bean, morning glory, sweet potato, hops are some of the annual flowering vines. You need to shade the roots and provide sunlight to the tops, that enables the faster growth of the vine.

Morning Glory: Morning glory produces flowers of various colors but the most common color is blue. It's flowers have unique characteristic. The flowers open at dawn and close when it's very sunny. It requires a fence or lamp post as a support to grow.

Black Eyed Susan: It generally blooms in summer. It produces dark yellow and deep orange color flowers. The throats of these flowers are very dark and so they got the name, black eyed Susan. You can shape this flowering vine according to your choice.

Cardinal Climber: It is again one of the annual flowering vines, that flourishes in summers. It produces tubular flowers that are dark red, maroon, and crimson in color. These bright color flowers are sure to attract the birds and butterflies.

Perennial Vines
Perennial vines grow continuously in each season. They increase in length, size, and flower every season. Ornamental sweet peas, passion flower vines, scarlet runner, clematis, wisteria, jasmine, lilies, etc., are some of the flowering perennial vines. These are available in various vibrant colors, such as, dark blue, deep red, flashy white, and purple, etc. Perennial vines require soil rich in nutrients to grow in a healthy manner. Their roots also need to be shaded from the harsh sunlight.

Clematis: It is one of the most common and popular vines. Clematis is intense, beautiful, and vibrant. It is available in myriad hues and shapes and can gel well with any kind of theme garden. You can also grow it in trellises in the balcony. They certainly serve as an eye candy for everyone.

Honeysuckle: Honeysuckle vine is one of the most beautiful climbing flowering vines. You can also use it as trumpet flower vines, as it has trumpet shaped flowers. It produces wide range of flower colors coupled with unique fragrances. It is also endowed with red and black berries.

Jasmine: Common jasmine is another classic flowering vine. It generally grows as shrub with some support. It has an amazingly pleasing aroma. Winter jasmine is again one of the toughest vines, that can bear harsh cold winds.

After reading this information on flowering vines, you won't disagree with me if I say, why only see flower pictures when you can have one or plenty of them right in your house or garden. So, go ahead and wake up the gardener in you.