Live Drapes For Your Garden

Some Flowering vines will produce a lot of growth quickly, so they will need regular watering and feeding.  They should be started with rich soil and compost should be added.  Since some vines will grow very quickly you will need to start trimming, shaping and tying back to train them how you want them to grow, as son as they start getting thick and bushy.

The article below is taken from Better Homes & Gardens website, which lists about 15 flowering vines that you can choose from to decorate your garden.

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Clematis

The Queen of all flowering vines, clematis is a must-have perennial vine for any situation. Available in a spectacular array of colors and forms (double and single flowers), clematis will quickly shimmy up and over a fence, mailbox, or arbor. What’s nice about clematis is that they don’t grow out of control, with a refined 6- to 10-foot-long growth habit; there’s also dwarf clematis that grow just 3 feet tall and are great for containers.

Clematis are easy to grow if you can meet their cultural needs. There’s an old saying that clematis like their “heads in the sun and their feet in the shade.” This means you should plant them in full sun but apply a thick layer of mulch around them to keep their roots cool and shaded.

Some clematis bloom on new wood and others bloom on old wood so it’s best to prune them in the spring after new growth has begun, that way you won’t accidentally remove flower buds no matter what type of clematis you have. Zones 4-9
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To read the full article go over to Better Homes and Gardens website.