Ten Climbing Plants

Vigorous growing climbers for hot, dry Mediterranean-type conditions.

Tillandsia usneoides Spanish moss. Image by the author.

Campsis radicans trumpet creeper

Red flowers in summer, with some varieties having yellow flowers. Deciduous. Full sun to part shade. Vigorous woody large plant. From Central and Eastern United States.

Campsis radicans trumpet creeper. Image by the author.

Pyrostegia venusta orange trumpet vine

Vigorous evergreen climber. Orange flowers in winter and spring. From Mexico to tropical South America.

Pyrostegia venusta orange trumpet vine. Image by the author.

Pyrostegia venusta orange trumpet vine. Image by the author.

Wisteria floribunda alba white flowered wisteria, Japanese wisteria.

A fast-growing woody deciduous climber, white flowers, flower in spring and summer.

Prune wisteria soon after flowering, do not leave it too long otherwise, you will remove newly developing flowering buds. Prune new growth back to 2 or 3…