Plant / Win: climbing plants

Choosing the right climbing plant and decorating supports as traditional as a simple facade or unusual as a teepee is possible. Orientation, association, varieties, good season to welcome them to the garden, follow our advice for successful plantations.

Originally from Brazil, the BOUGAINVILLIER blooms during spring and until the end of summer or even longer depending on certain seasons and regions. It is one of the star and flagship plants of our gardens in Provence. It must be said that the choice of colors is wide (white, orange, red, purple) and maintenance is very easy. This climbing shrub grows quickly and will reach maturity up to 5 meters in height. Rustic, this evergreen perennial resists down to -5°C. For its exposure choose for the full sun! It likes soils rich in humus and light with neutral to acidic acidity and rather cool. BOUGAINVILLIER is used in hedges, low walls, pergolas, containers and even bonsai. Its repotting is done in the spring.

The small evergreen foliage of JASMIN ETOILE is leathery, dark green, marked with red in winter. The white, fragrant flowers resemble those of jasmine. But beware of confusion, because these plants have nothing to do with each other and are not even from the same family! Unlike true jasmine, STAR JASMINE (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is hardy enough to live and flower in most of our regions. This climbing shrub likes exposure to the sun and flowers from June to September. It appreciates filtering soils and will reach maturity up to 5 meters in height. Its growth is fast and it is a bee plant (appreciated by bees and other insects for the quality and quantity of its nectar)

Originally from the northern hemisphere, CLEMATIS flowers in spring and summer depending on the region, variety and weather. This climbing flower is fast growing. Perennial with deciduous and evergreen foliage, it can reach maturity up to 10 meters in height. Rustic, however, you have to put your foot in the shade and your head in the sun. Always place a small shrub in front of a clematis plant so that it naturally shades the base of the plant. CLEMATITE likes a soil rich in humus and light with neutral acidity. This climbing plant requires a trellis and is planted in the spring. CLEMATITE includes many varieties and colors including an evergreen variety

She runs, she runs the GLYCINE, on the walls, the railings and the trunks of dead trees. This climbing plant with magnificent flowers is vigorous. It requires a very solid support to cling to. This hardy perennial tolerates low temperatures down to -20°C. With its semi-perennial foliage, the GLYCINE likes full sun exposure and fertile ordinary soil, not too rich in nitrogen or too chalky. This climbing plant is native to the United States, China and Japan. It flowers from May to September. It requires watering in case of drought and short pruning in February. At maturity the GLYCINE can reach from 3 to more than 10 meters in height.

Originally from Asia and Europe, the HONEYSUCKLE flowers in June and July. Its white, yellow, pink or red flowers are magnificent and fragrant. This climbing plant has evergreen and semi-evergreen foliage depending on the variety. This vicace will reach maturity from 3 to 6 meters in height. Hardy to moderately hardy depending on the variety, the HONEYSUCKLE likes exposure to the sun or partial shade and ordinary soil with neutral acidity. It is used as a climbing plant, ground cover or trellis. It is planted in the spring

Amazing, fragrant and early flowering (in April and May) as well as significant and rapid growth and ease of cultivation are the assets of AKEBIA. Climbing plant with semi-evergreen foliage, this perennial will reach maturity from 2 to 10 meters high and 2 to 6 meters wide. Easy to maintain, the AKEBIA likes exposure to the sun and partial shade, alkaline, neutral and acid soils rich in humus and drained. Resistant it has a rapid growth. Plant from September to November. Prune in February or March.

The Aspres nursery in Grasse also offers a wide selection of climbing plants of all sizes and for all prices, including: