Sunday, September 18, 2016

8 Essential Flowering Vines for the Southeast (8 photos)

Each vine grows by one of three ways: twining, clinging or tendrils. A twining vine needs a support to wrap around, a clinging vine uses aerial roots to attach to a surface, and tendrils are little coils that grow outward in search of something to grasp.

Due to their growing nature, vines can be aggressive — they tend to attach to and wrap around anything nearby, like a hedge or tree. Plant your vines at the base of a wall, trellis or pergola so that they will be less likely to escape where you don’t want them to grow.

American Wisteria
(Wisteria frutescens)
Native to the southeastern and south-central U.S., from East Texas up to New York

The native wisterias, including American wisteria, are less aggressive than the nonnative species from Asia. As with other wisterias, the flowers are garden showstoppers. They occur in spring on new growth once the leaves have appeared. Plant American wisteria in a sunny location with rich soil, where it will twine to a height of 15 to 30 feet.

‘Amethyst Falls’ has been bred for more restrained growth and has the same complex lavender flowers hanging from the vine in clusters.


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