CLIMBERS.pptx

Climbers information

1. CLIMBERS

2. Plant that possess special structures to climb over support ( plants or objects ) Weak and soft stemmed plants grows upwards by with tendrils ( Antigonan leptopus ) or suckers or thorns (bougainvillea) , rootlets ( FI cus repens ) or modified leaf stalks

3. HOW IS CREEPER DIFFERENT FROM CLIMBERS ……..? CLIMBERS CREEPERS Takes support on structures and climbs up erect Possess spl structures like thorns ,tendrils , rootlets,modified leaf stalks Eg ; beans, cucumber, jasmine , moneyplant Spread along ground horizontally Every nodal point ,fibrous roots develop Eg ; mint plant ,watermelon , muskmelon

4. USES Arches and pargolas On trellies and fences Topiary Ornamentally used Used as fruit ,vegetables Screening the premises Bare walls Hiding ugly places Medicinally used : eg = jasmine ( antioxidants in tea ) , ppassiflora ( cure anxiety ) Hedge Suitable for roof gardens

5. CLASSIFIED BASED ON growth habit and purpose 1.CLIMBERS WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS * Jasmine = Jasminum grandiflorum ( mogra ) Extraction of perfume Commercial flower White flowers Trellies

6. *Honey suckle ( Lonicera japonica) Suitable trellies Fresh flowers –white Stale flowers – yellow Sweet scented flowers

7. 2.SHADE LOVING CLIMBERS * Pothos aureus ( Scindaspus aureus ) Money plant Foliage climber Young leaves small tn old Support – aerial roots from nodes Indoor plant Foliage climber

8. Money plant

9. * Hedera helix ( ivy lata ) Indoor decoration Trailing on wall ,window , trellies Attractive lobed foliage Ideal shade plant Foliage climber perennial

10. English ivy To cover shady walls

11. *Asparagus ( Asparagus plumosus ) Shade loving climber Shade loving Tuberous rooted Modified adventitious root ( storage of food )

12. 3.CLIMBERS FOR SUNNY SITUATION * Antigonan leptopus ( lover’s chain / coral vine ) Flowering climber Evergreen Quick growing climber Auxillary tendrils Most places grows wild Cattle and goats do not touch its leaves Screening in garden Training on trellies Grown on Arches and pargola Rose colored flowers

13. *Bougainvillea sp Both shrub and climber Branched woody plant Stiff thorns from axil of leaves Flowers – modified bracts Wide range of flowers – white , purple, orange , red scarlet,mauve,and yellow Used – as bush , standard shrub , climber,shrub , hedge,bonsai ,

14. * Quisqualis indica ( rangoon creeper) Hardy climber grown Sweet –scented flowers flowers first become white ,then pink ,finally turn red Flower buds open in evening as white flowers tn gradually change to pink by morning and deep red by late afternoon

15. 4.HEAVY CLIMBERS * Clerodendron splendens (pagoda flower/bleeding heart vine) Vigourous evergreen climber Flowering climber Deep red flowers Arches ,screening walls Semi-shady situation

16. * Hiptage bengalensis ( madhvai lata ) Perennial , evergreen medicinal uses anti inflammatory cardiotonic ,useful in burning sensation

17. 5.LIGHT CLIMBERS * Clitoria ternatea ( shanka puspha / Aparijata ) White ,blue ,or purple colored flowers Demand for flowers solely for worshipping purpose Light evergreen climber Butter fly pea creeper

18. * Petrea volubilis (sand paper vine/ purple wreath) Star shaped blue color flowers Old leaves when touched feel as sand paper

19. 6.ANNUAL CLIMBERS Ipomea purpurea ( morning glory) Quick growing climber Flowers are white ,pale blue or purple

20. 7.CLIMBERS WITH SHOWY FLOWERS 8.CLIMBERS FOR TOPIARY * Vernonia

21. * Clerodendron inermi Another evergreen and fast growing climber White fragrant flowers Hedge topiary

22. FOLIAGE CLIMBERS Philodendron sp . shade loving Interior decoration Pot plant Moss-stick as support

23. * Vernonia elaegnifolia ( star Jasmine ) Evergreen climber Drooping branches

24. * Monstera deliciosa (split leaf philodendron) Pots for indoor decoration Leaves heart shaped Aerial roots for support

25. ANNUAL CLIMBERS Gloriosa superba ( MALABAR LILLY) Bulbous annual climber Garden park or pot

26. Ipomea quamoclit Called tarulata Anmyal climber Garden ornamental plant

27. DECIDUOUS CLIMBERS Clematis panniculata called ‘virgin flower’ hardy deciduous climber White star shaped flowers

28. Butea superba Deciduous climber Flowers are same as that of Butea monosperma Orange colored flowers

29. Campus grandiflora( trumpet creeper) Deciduous climber Climb with its claw like rootlets Reddish orange flower

30. EVERGREEN CLIMBERS Antigonon leptopus( lover’s chain or coral vine) Clerodendron splendens ( Bleeder’s heart vine) Clerodendron inerme Clitoria ternatea Hiptage madhablata Allamanda cathartica Astrolochia grandiflora Ipomea palmata ( railway creeper)

31. Allamanda cathartica (golden trumpet/ trumpet vine ) Evergreen climber No climbing appandages doesn’t twine nor have tendrils Nor aerial roots Pruned as shrub

32. Aristolochia grandiflora (swan flower) Leaves heart shaped Leaf stack ascts as tendril Flower looks like swan

33. Hiptage madhablata Helicopter flower Large evergreen climber

34. WOODY CLIMBER Artabotrys odoratissimus Woody climber Flowers strong scent Greenish yellow flowers

35. Called HARA CHAMPA OR Manorangini

36. EVERGREEN WOODY CLIMBER Pyrostegia venusta ( GOLDEN SHOWER) Orange colored tubular flowers Climber is heavy Grown easily on pargola ,trellies , Trained easily on iron wall