Common
Name
| Scientific
Name
| Exposure
| Features
| Problems
|
| English Ivy
| Hedera helix and others
| shade or partial sun
| -evergreen
-fast growth good for screening
| . |
| Climbing Fig
| Ficus pumila
| sun or shade
| -often used on walls and flat surfaces
-vine lies flat
-evergreen
-fast growth
| . |
| Wisteria
| Wisteria sinensis
| sun
| -deciduous
-fragrant lavender or white blooms in 6 to 12 in. clusters in
late spring
-may be pruned to form large shrub or small tree
| -fast growth often gets out of control |
| Carolina or Yellow Jessamine
| Gelsemium sempervirens
| .
| -twining semi-evergreen vine
-yellow trumpet blooms in spring
-climbs to high heights to reach the sun where it forms masses
of foliage and bloom
-fast growth
-native to East Texas
| . |
| Autumn Clematis
| Clematis paniculata
| sun with roots in shade (if possible)
| -forms large masses of foliage and small
clusters of white blooms in late summer and fall
-semi-evergreen
-fast growth
-one of the only Clematis which does well in the lower south
-provide good support and mulch root area
| . |
| Confederate or Star Jasmine
| Trachelospermum jasminoides
| prefers moist loamy soil
| -evergreen twining vine
-white star-shaped blooms in early summer are fragrant
| -susceptible to scale and white-fly |
| Cypress Vine
| Quamoclit pinnata
| likes sun
| -annual twining vine which reseeds to return
each year
-very fine textured foliage
-fast growing
-red or white small trumpet blooms in summer
| . |
| Potato Vine
| Dioscerea
| prefers sun
| -grown for foliage effect
-fast growth
| -dies in winter to return in spring |
| Fatshedra
| Fatshedra lizei
| shade or partial sun (prefers sun)
| -a cross between Fatsia and English Ivy
-hardy evergreen
-leaning type vine
-large coarse textured leaves
-fast growth
| . |
| Rosa De Montana, Coral Vine
| Antigonon leptopus
| .
| -very vigorous late summer blooming vine
-vivid pink clusters on yellow-green foliage
-will climb to 30 ft. in one growing season
| -dies in winter to return in spring |
| Evergreen Smilax
| Smilax lanceolata
| .
| -very rugged evergreen vine
-grown for foliage effect
-spreads by underground tubers
| . |
| Virginia Creeper
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia
| .
| -fast growing deciduous vine
-shows rich, red fall color
-clings to walls or trellis
-easy culture
-native to North and East Texas
| . |
| Snailseed or Moonseed Vine
| .
| .
| -delicate native vine of North and East Texas
-deciduous
-displays clusters of rich, red berries in fall and early winter
| . |
| Common Trumpet Creeper
| Campsis radicans
| demands sun
| -clinging vine which grows to great heights
-deciduous
-displays large orange-red trumpets of blooms throughout summer
-easy and fast growth
-native to most of Texas
-"Madam Galen" improved variety
| . |
| Hyacinth Bean
| Dolichos lablab
| .
| -non-woody twining vine
-purple foliage, pinkish-lavender blooms in summer and fall
-purple seed pods in the fall
-very fast growing
| -freezes back in winter to return in spring
-not a dense vine |
| Coral or Red-honeysuckle
| Lonicera sempervirens
| .
| -evergreen twining vine
-abundant red trumpet blooms in late spring
-not as vigorous as common honeysuckle, thus not a pest
-fast growth
-native to East Texas
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