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Climbing plants can soften the look of fences, walls, pergolas and arches. In established gardens grow climbers, such as clematis, through shrubs or small trees to give added interest.
In the depths of winter, the shelter of a wall or fence can provide a little extra protection – allowing shrubs and climbers to flourish in the short, chilly days.
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This plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.
It is included in an evolving list of plants carefully researched and chosen by RHS experts. Divided into 3 groups these lists, linked below, are maintained by a team of RHS staff and are reviewed annually.
'Blue Eclipse' is a medium-sized deciduous climber, up to 3 metres high, with divided green leaves and large bell-like flowers of deep blue with a white edge on the outside and white inside, followed by fluffy seedheads
'Millennium' grows to 1.8m, with long stems bearing strongly fragrant flowers 6cm across, the standards deep reddish-purple, the wing petals vivid purplish-red
T. tricolor is a summer-dormant, tuberous, perennial climber to about 1.5m with small, light green, five- or seven-lobed leaves. The small, yellow flowers are surrounded by a showy purple-tipped, orange-red calyx with a long red or purple spur, in all about 3cm long. Flowering takes place from winter to early summer
M. laxa is a vigorous, woody, twining climber with glossy, evergreen, oval leaves 5-10cm long. In late summer and early autumn it produces sprays of 5 to 15 tubular, strongly fragrant, white or cream flowers 5-9cm across with broad petal lobes
Wisteria x formosa is a vigorous, deciduous, twining cultivar. Highly scented, pea-like, pale to mid-purple flowers are produced on short trusses about 20cm long, in early summer
'Lady Northcliffe' is a climber 1.5-3m high with green leaves and flowers 10-15cm across, composed of usually six overlapping, wide, broadly elliptic, wavy-edged sepals, rich violet-blue at first then fading to mid lavender-blue, and creamy stamens, from midsummer to early autumn and sometimes later; many clematis are visited by bees for pollen, and some also provide nectar
'Royal Flush' is a vigorous annual climber to 2.3m, with strongly fragrant cream flowers, all the petals heavily flushed with clear light pink
'Bill MacKenzie' is a large, vigorous deciduous climber with finely-cut leaves. Flowers 6-7cm in width with four thick, spreading bright yellow sepals surrounding dark stamens from early to late summer. Good silky seed-heads
'Adélaïde d'Orléans' is a vigorous, free-flowering large rambler to 5m, with sprays of small, semi-double flowers opening creamy-white from pink buds in midsummer
'Red Gables' is a vigorous, deciduous, twining climber, to 7m tall, with oval, dark-green, bronze-flushed leaves, grey-green beneath. Clusters of fragrant, deep reddish-purple flowers, with cream interiors, are borne from summer into autumn and followed by red berries
Climbing plants give added interest to any garden. Choose from our specially-selected range to soften the look of your fences, walls, pergolas and arches.
View all specially-selected Climbers at the RHS Plants Shop
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