Climbers and Creepers used in landscaping

Climbers and Creepers used in landscaping

1. Dr. M. Kumaresan (Hort.)
Floriculture and Landscaping
VelsInstitute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS)
Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600117

2. Climbers and Creepers
Climbers
Plants which have special structures to climb on supports
Eg. Antigonon, Thunbergia
Twiners
Plants climb over a support or a plant by twining themselves spirally
Eg. Ipomoea, Lonicera
Ramblers and
Stragglers
Plants manage to support themselves over the trunks, stems, or branches of other
plants
Eg. Quisqualis indica
Creepers
Plants which creep or climb on a surface with their rootlets. Plants are generally
trained over stone or brick walls
Eg. Ficus repens, Tecoma radicans

3. Uses in landscaping
•Climbers add beauty, colour and fragrance to gardens
•Commonly used on artificial structures like walls, arches, pergolas, pillars, topiary, etc.,
•Trees are used to train the climbers and this enhances the beauty of garden many folds
•Climbers used for the purpose of screening
•Artificial structures is most effectively decorated by growing colourful climbers

4. S. No. Usage Examples
1.
Annual flowering
Climbers
Sweet pea (Clitoria ternatea), Morning glory (Ipomoea rubrocaerulea)
2.Climbers for screening
Antigonon leptopus, Passiflora, Porana, Ipomoea, Clerodendron splendens,
Thunbergia
3.
Climbers for low walls
or trellis
Usually light climbers are grown. Lonicera japonica, Solanum seaforthianum,
Tristellatia australis, Tecoma jasminoides, Jacquemontia violacea
4.Climbers for pergola
Usually heavy climbers are grown. Quisqualis indica, Petrea volubilis,
Adenocalymma allicea, Allamanda cathartica
Usage of Climbers and Creepers in landscaping

5. S. No.Usage Examples
5.Climbers for ArchesPyrostegia venusta, Petrea volubilis, Clerodendron splendens, Bougainvillea sp.
6.
Flowering climbers for
partial shade
Passiflora, Aristolochia, Quisqualis indica, Clerodendron splendens, Jacquemontia
violaceae
7.Foliage climbers Scindapsus aureus, Philodendron sp., Monstera deliciosa
8.
Climbers for pot
culture
Tristellatia asutralis, Adenocalymma allicea, Clitoria ternatea,
Bignonia purpurea
Usage of Climbers and Creepers in landscaping

6. Antigonon leptopus (Coral Vine)

7. Adenocalymma allicea (Garlic Vine)

8. Allamandaviolacea(Allamanda)

9. Aristolochia elegans
(Swan Flower / Duck Flower)

10. Bignonia venusta (Flame Vine)

11. Bignonia tweediana (Cat’s Claw)

12. Bougainvillea spp. (Paper Flower)

13. Combretum comosum (Combretum)

14. Clerodendrum splendens (Flaming Glorybower)

15. Clitoria ternatea (Blue Double Butterfly Pea)

16. Ficus pumila (Creeping Fig)

17. Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily)

18. Holmskioldia sanguinea (Cup and Saucer Plant)

19. Ipomoea rubrocaerulea (Morning Glory)

20. Ipomoea palmate (Railway Creeper)

21. Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle)

22. Merremia tuberose (Wood Rose)

23. Jacquemontia violacea (Blue Bell)

24. Monstera deliciosa (Australian Pineapple)

25. Porana paniculata (Bridal Climber)

26. Petrea volubilis (Purple Wreath)

27. Passiflora edulis (Passion Fruit)

28. Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper)

29. Rosa setigera (Climbing Rose)

30. Solanum seaforthianum (Potato Creeper)

31. Epipremnum aureum (Money Plant)

32. Tecoma radicans (Trumpet Vine)

33. Thunbergia australis (Black-eyed Susan Vine)

34. Tristellatia australis (Shower of Gold Climber)

35. Pandorea jasminoides (Bower Plant)

36. Vernonia elaeagnifolia (Curtain Creeper)

37. Vallaris heyni (Bread Flower)