Vines for all Structures

Add texture, color, and romance to your landscaping with the installation of climbing vines. Grow them on trellises, arbors, pergolas, and fences. You can find vines that flourish across the spectrum of conditions, including full sun, deep shade, and salty air.

Vines incorporated into landscaping can transform an area into a soft, lush, even magical space. Grow vines on arbors, trellises, pergolas, walls, and fences to add color, texture, and shade, or to screen unattractive areas.

Before You Plant Vines

Do a little research before you go out and buy a vine. Start your research by identifying what you want the vine to do. Do you want it to flower? Smell good? Stay green year-round? Drop its leaves in winter? Grow in the shade? Grow in full sun? Grow in salty air?

There are vines that meet these criteria. Search online or visit your local nursery or garden center. Browse the inventory and talk to staff. Find out which vines send out runners or spread seedlings; either avoid taking those home or be prepared to manage their offspring.

Plant vines in enriched soil just as you would plant shrubs or perennials. Water them in, mulch them, and feed occasionally with an all-purpose fertilizer.

Vines for North Florida

Vines That Tolerate Sun and Partial Shade

Pepper vine, Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Marine ivy, Armand clematis, Wintercreeper, Creeping fig, Carolina yellow jessamine, Gloriosa lily, Trumpet honeysuckle, Passionflower, Smilax, Confederate jasmine

Vines That Tolerate Salt Air

Pepper vine, Trumpet vine, Marine ivy, Wintercreeper, Carolina yellow jessamine, Algerian ivy, Morning glory, Coral honeysuckle

Clinging Vines

Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Wintercreeper, Algerian ivy, English ivy, Virginia creeper, Sweet potato vine.

Vines for Central Florida

Vines That Tolerate Sun and Partial Shade

Pepper vine, Pipe vine, Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Marine ivy, Bleeding heart vine, Wintercreeper, Creeping fig, Carolina yellow jessamine, Gloriosa lily, Night-blooming cereus, Jacquemontia, Trumpet honeysuckle, Passionflower, Queen’s wreath, Flame vine, Rangoon creeper, Smilax, Chalice vine, Madagascar jasmine, Brazilian golden vine, Black-eyed Susan vine, Bengal clock vine, Confederate jasmine, Wild allamanda

Vines That Tolerate Salt Air

Pepper vine, Bougainvillea, Trumpet vine, Snowberry, Marine ivy, Rubber vine, Wintercreeper, Carolina yellow jessamine, Algerian ivy, Morning glory, Jacquemontia, Coral honeysuckle

Clinging Vines

Madeira vine, Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Blue butterfly pea, Wintercreeper, Creeping fig, Algerian ivy, English ivy, Virginia creeper, Rangoon creeper, Sweet potato vine, Vanilla orchid.

Vines for South Florida

Vines That Tolerate Sun and Partial Shade

Pepper vine, Pipe vine, Herald’s trumpet, Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Marine ivy, Bleeding heart vine, Devil’s potato, Creeping fig, Gloriosa lily, Night-blooming cereus, Jacquemontia, Trumpet honeysuckle, Passionflower, Queen’s wreath, Flame vine, Rangoon creeper, Hunter’s robe, Smilax, Chalice vine, Madagascar jasmine, Brazilian golden vine, Black-eyed Susan vine, Bengal clock vine, Confederate jasmine, Wild allamanda

Vines That Tolerate Salt Air

Pepper vine, Bougainvillea, Trumpet vine, Beach bean, Snowberry, Marine ivy, Madagascar rubber vine, Rubber vine, Garlic vine, Devil’s potato, Wintercreeper, Carolina yellow jessamine, Algerian ivy, Morning glory, Railroad vine, Jacquemontia, Coral honeysuckle.

Clinging Vines

Madeira vine, Cross vine, Trumpet vine, Blue butterfly pea, Wintercreeper, Creeping fig, Algerian ivy, English ivy, Virginia creeper, Rangoon creeper, Sweet potato vine, Vanilla orchid.

Thanks to Lois Trigg Chaplin and Monica Moran Brandies and The Florida Gardener’s Book of Lists (Taylor Publishing Company) for the information in this article.