We have selected a few of our favorite flowering vines to add height and texture to your new trellis.  Plant one for early blooms, followed by another that matures in the summer and fall, bringing blossoms three of the four growing seasons.

Annual Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus gives your garden that simple, old-fashioned touch.  A trellis with the single colored white, red, pink, blue or purple gives your garden the perfect early color(s) of choice.  Some have picotee edges in a variety of colors, or ruffled blooms which adds an additional texture to your landscape. These 4 to 6-foot vines prefer sun and cool weather, growing from Zones 8 to 1.

Black-eyed Susan Vine Thunbergia alata companions well with the above earlier-blooming sweet peas. This colorful little flower blooms a bright yellow from summer through fall from Zones 12 to 1. The black-eyed Susan vine adds to all your planting areas: climbing your new trellis, cascading over the edge of your planter, or climbing in a hanging basket.  They prefer afternoon shade, and will bloom nonstop throughout the season.  If full sun gives too much heat, the black-eyed Susans will bloom again once the weather becomes cooler. Just keep them watered during the hot times because they cannot tolerate dry soil.

Planting Annual Sweet Pea for the spring months and then follow with black-eyed Susan vine to continue color from through summer and into fall. The wide variety of colors offered by black-eyed Susan vines include yellow, lavender-pink, peachy-yellow or dark-coral to salmon-pink flowers. These small plants can be wintered over in a sunny room, and/or the seeds are easy to start the next spring.

Bleeding Heart Vine Clerodendrum thomsoniae has ruby red flowers that peep out of their contrasting white calyxes. These will look absolutely phenomenal against a darker-colored trellis. The vine grows 3 to 15 feet long, blooming mid- to late summer. This vine prefers full to part sun, and likes consistent moisture, needing good drainage so that their roots do not sit in water for a long period of time. The bleeding heart vine is hardy in Zones 10 – 12, also growing in Zones 12 to 1, as does the black-eyed Susan vine.

When you are selecting a vine for your trellis, any of the above will be a colorful addition, adding texture and height to your garden. More articles will continue to include other top picks of both annual and perennial vines that will transform your landscape for many years to come.

Find your new trellis to best showcase these and other garden vines at trellismart.com which offers a large selection of unique designer trellises and more.  The combination of one or more blossoms vining up a trellis will make a stunning focal point in your outdoor landscape.

Margo has been a Master Gardener for 10 years, and is a lifelong gardener, with many years of experience in science education.
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