Climbers
Jasmine, wisteria, bougainvillea, clematis and passion flower.
HoneysuckleLonicera
Twining vines and shrubs with sweet-scented tubular flowers and edible nectar
Lonicera · Wildflower
Clematis
A climbing vine with showy flowers, prized in gardens worldwide
Clematis · Wildflower
Clematis paniculatapuawānanga
A white-flowered climbing vine native to New Zealand forests
🇳🇿 New Zealand · Wildflower
Blue morning gloryIpomoea indica
A fast-growing vine with vivid blue funnel flowers that fade to pink by dusk
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Climber
Lady Banks' roseRosa banksiae
A nearly thornless climbing rose from central and western China
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Bengal trumpetThunbergia grandiflora
A climbing vine with large blue-violet trumpet flowers from Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Climber
Solanum laxum
A woody evergreen vine with clusters of white or pale blue flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 more · Garden flower
Confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides
A fragrant climbing vine with star-shaped white flowers from East and Southeast Asia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Garden flower
Porcelain flowerHoya carnosa
A climbing houseplant with star-shaped, sweet-scented waxy flowers
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Garden flower
Stephanotis
A tropical climber with waxy, fragrant white flowers
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
Mexican flamevinePseudogynoxys chenopodioides
A climbing vine with bright orange daisy-like flowers from Central and South America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Climber
Winter jasmineJasminum nudiflorum
A yellow-flowered shrub that blooms in winter and early spring
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Flowering shrub
Wisteria
Woody climbing vines with long, fragrant flower clusters
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Garden flower
Chinese wisteriaWisteria sinensis
A climbing vine from China with fragrant, hanging clusters of spring flowers
🇨🇳 China · Garden flower
Stephanotis floribunda
A tropical vine with clusters of fragrant white, waxy flowers from Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Climber
American wisteriaWisteria frutescens
A climbing vine with blue-purple flower clusters from the southeastern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Chilean mitre flowerMitraria coccinea
A scarlet-orange tubular-flowered climber from southern South America
🇨🇱 Chile and 1 more · Climber
VanillaVanilla planifolia
The climbing orchid behind most of the world’s vanilla flavour
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
Wonga wonga vinePandorea pandorana
A climbing Australian vine with white, purple-marked flowers
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Climber
Black-eyed Susan vineThunbergia alata
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright flowers and a dark centre
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vanilla: Everglades National Park, Public domain, source
- Black-eyed Susan vine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Clematis paniculata: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue morning glory: Paulo rsmenezes, CC BY-SA 3.0 br, source
- Honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, source
- Clematis: Jolly Janner, Public domain, source
- Lady Banks' rose: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bengal trumpet: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Solanum laxum: RoyFocker, Public domain, source
- Confederate jasmine: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, source
- Porcelain flower: Yvan leduc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Stephanotis: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mexican flamevine: Yucalyptus, CC0, source
- Winter jasmine: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wisteria: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese wisteria: RedCoat, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- American wisteria: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Chilean mitre flower: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wonga wonga vine: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, source