Fast-growing climbers can hide unwelcome features, cover bare walls and fences, lending an air of wilderness to even the most staid landscape.
Here are our favorite 10 fast climbing flowering vines:
1. Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Zones 4-9;
This beautiful flower will perfume your garden with its strong scent, and attract bees to the wonderful nectar. It has a long bloom time from June until September when it blooms again in October!
2. Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) Annual;
This fragrant plant features a white flowers that open from sundown to sunup, midsummer to early autumn. It will literally watch its petals unfurl at dusk and then close up again by dawn!
You can grow this vine as high as 15 feet, but you will have to sow more plants in order for it bloom impressively over your garden’s landscape.
3. Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) Zones 5-9;
Wisteria is a hardy and fast growing vine. It prefers moist, well-drained soil with plenty of sun to grow in its natural environment but can handle some shade too!
If you want your wisteria vines climbing up everything from walls or trees they need support so make sure find the right spot for them before setting out any plants.
4. Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata);
The grapevine is like a living blanket that can even grow to be 30 feet tall. The seedpod of this vine has chocolate-covered grapes, with an enticing spice in their flavor profile!
5. Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) Zones 8-10;
The aromatic evergreen plant is a great way to add fragrance and color into your garden. It also looks spectacular when used as groundcover!
6. Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Zones 4-9;
Virginia Creeper is a vine that can be grown on walls and other surfaces. The leaves of the plant turn brilliant colors in fall, making it easy for you to create an autumn-themed room without much work!
7. Etoile Violette Clematis (Clematis viticella) Zones 4-9;
Stunning flower vines that are ideal for warmer areas, these plants produce brilliantly colored blooms.
8. Sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora) Zones 4-9;
This vine doesn’t grow tall, it grows wide and ensures a full coverage.
This plant has tiny flowers which bloom in late summer and early fall; however you won’t find any of these attractions if your soil is too wet or not well-draining because this amazing little guy can tolerate most conditions!
9. Hops (Humulus lupulus) Zones 4-8;
Hops are a key ingredient in beer, but they also bring good taste to your garden. In mid-to late summer its large leaves are joined by chartreuse cones that can be as dramatic and eye catching as any flower!
Plus these babies grow 12 inches per day reaching 25 feet high.
10. Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab) Annual;
Though this bean is considered an edible in parts of Africa and Asia, American gardeners usually prize it for purely ornamental reasons: With dark leaves come midsummer blossoms and beans pods that turn brown after they drop their seed.
The plant offers 3 to 4 months’ worth attention during which time you can grow it up to 10-15 feet tall!