Vines can be a nice addition to your flower garden as you can make more use of your vertical space. Some vines can be as appealing for their foliage as for their flowers. Wisteria and Trumpet Creeper are two vines that have both attractive flowers and pleasant foliage.

Vines are best grown on trellises or other structures like a garden arbor or garden arch. You can be as creative with the surface you grow your vines on as you can with the plants you choose for your flower garden. You can also use vines to cover up unappealing parts of your landscape such as clothes line props or storage sheds.

Vines exist as both annuals and perennials. Annual vines are popular because they grow fast and then die off without cluttering your landscaping. Morning glories and Sweet Peas are examples of annual vines. Perennial vines include honeysuckles, ivies, and clematis. Perennial vines will be twining, grasping, or leaning growers based on their anatomical support structure.

Like trees, perennial vines may be either evergreen or deciduous. English ivy is a good example of an evergreen vine. Deciduous perennial vines leave their woody branches during the winter and can often be an interesting sculptural feature in your winter landscape.
Be aware that some vines may cause damage to your house if you let them grow out of control on your walls as they may damage woodwork and roofs.

Depending on the vines you choose to plant, it may be best not to let them grow on your fences, near decks, or in trees because of their invasiveness and the chance they will damage or smother these features.

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