Home & Garden Gardening

Do You Like Climbers? Here"s How To Choose Them According To Seasons

If you are an avid gardener, you obviously start planning your garden as soon as spring sets in so that you can get the best trees, shrubs and climbers ready as quickly as possible.
The latter is often a favorite with gardeners, especially if he or she owns a small one.
This is because they grow upwards not occupying much space as compared to the ones that spread bushes, not allowing you to pack in more.
However, these climbers require plant supports without which they are unable to grow in a desired manner.
These provide several seasons of interest, with spring and summer blooms, autumn berries and plants, while some tend to retain a better shape with the chilly winter.
For instance, pyracanthus, a wall shrub blooms in summer while bright orange and red berries grow during autumn and winter.
Similarly, Boston Ivy can be used for covering ugly fences and walls all around the year.
However, if you are concerned with your brick works, it is better if you do not plant it beside your home.
Hydrangea petiolaris is a beautiful climber that produces lacy heads of flowers, and is capable of clinging to surfaces with less plant supports.
And last but not the least, every garden is incomplete without Clemantis montana, a colorful climber.
It scrambles over disheveled sheds and wooden fences in spring and retains its brightness for the rest of the months.
Here's a list of exotic climbers according to seasons that you can choose for adorning your garden.
Spring Madagascar jasmine is a beautiful evergreen climber that has shiny green leaves and white, scented and waxy flowers.
It generally appears between spring and autumn, in small clusters.
This plant is, however, sensitive to cold, thus needs extreme care during the winters.
So if you stay somewhere that sees harsh winter months, be ready to take utmost care of it.
You can, instead, choose Mexican blood flower, as it survives well in cold climates.
It is an evergreen climber that has trumpet-shaped, crimson flowers, with centers in yellowy-orange from early spring to the summer months.
Summer The Star Jasmine is much like its name, a star performer that can survive the harshest of frosts.
It has star-shaped flowers that are fragrant and appears in summer and produces pairs of pods in autumn.
Solanum can be another option, but it cannot bear temperature below 0 degrees for a long time.
It has little star-shaped, fragrant flowers.
Though it cannot stand winters, it is surely a prized possession for the summer and autumn months.
Autumn A pretty climber called Tropaeolum tubersum can be grown during Autumn.
It has golden-orange flowers that are cup-shaped and greyish-green lobed leaves.
It can endure cold up to a little less than 0 degrees.
Winter Jasminum polyanthum, a beautiful evergreen jasmine, has a great advantage.
It can carry large clusters of scented flowers from late summer through winter, happily withstanding temperature as low as -5 degree Celsius.
Now that you have a guide to climbers according to seasons, get started with planting the ones you like; however, do not forget proper plant supports.
All the best!
SHARE
RELATED POSTS on "Home & Garden"
How to Tell if It Is a Banana Spider
How to Tell if It Is a Banana Spider
Constructing Your Own Outdoor Fireplace Made Easy
Constructing Your Own Outdoor Fireplace Made Easy
Kitchen Gardening During Drought
Kitchen Gardening During Drought
Tips For Planting a Herb Garden
Tips For Planting a Herb Garden
Why Choose Sandstone Tiles
Why Choose Sandstone Tiles
How to Find Out a Prank Caller's Number
How to Find Out a Prank Caller's Number
How and When to Harvest Snap Beans
How and When to Harvest Snap Beans
Building a Raised Bed
Building a Raised Bed
Why Build A Koi Pond With Concrete?
Why Build A Koi Pond With Concrete?
Epson Salts As a Fertilizer
Epson Salts As a Fertilizer
A Guide to Garden Features
A Guide to Garden Features
Follow the Artistic Element of Lines in Your Miniature Garden
Follow the Artistic Element of Lines in Your Miniature Garden
My Conifers Are Dying
My Conifers Are Dying
Looking At Different Light Sources For Growing Orchids Indoors
Looking At Different Light Sources For Growing Orchids Indoors
Aquaponics Tanks: For Healthy Fish and Vegetables
Aquaponics Tanks: For Healthy Fish and Vegetables
How to Train a Climber Or Wall Shrub on Wires
How to Train a Climber Or Wall Shrub on Wires
How to Use Miracle Gro After the Rain
How to Use Miracle Gro After the Rain
Got a New Bonsai?
Got a New Bonsai?
Great Ways to Improve Your Curb Appeal
Great Ways to Improve Your Curb Appeal
What Can You Put in a Worm Farm?
What Can You Put in a Worm Farm?

Leave Your Reply

*